Developing patient-friendly textures
Improvement of topical dosage form texture and sensorial properties is an increasingly common formulation objective:
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Improved texture and sensorial properties positively impact patient experience and adherence to treatment.
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A growing number of topical medicines switch over to OTC, where brand differentiation and patient choice comes into play.
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Innovation can be achieved by reformulating the dosage form with optimized texture and sensorial features.
Sensory analysis, a tool to formulate patient-friendly textures
Sensory analysis is a scientific discipline that applies the principles of experimental design and statistical analysis to measure, analyze, and interpret the characteristics of a product as they are perceived by the senses. Gattefossé has developed validated methods and established an in-house trained panel.
Using this approach, we can evaluate the sensorial properties of prototype formulations to assess the influence of raw materials in the formulation, evaluate the main texture characteristics of our excipients, compare prototypes with market references, understand market preferences, construct a broad texture database, and help our customers develop their own formulations.
We have developed a kit of placebo formulations to illustrate the unlimited range of textures our functional excipients provide.
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Formulating patient-friendly textures for skin drug delivery
Speaker: Elise Dauphin-Chanard, Application Lab Manager. In a previous webinar “Introduction to skin delivery with lipid excipients” an overview on skin delivery and clues to select the appropriate excipients for efficient skin drug delivery were given. Here, the aim of this webinar is to go deeper in product texture, and build connections between skin condition, pathology, patient, topical dosage forms and excipients.
