Fluidised bed granulation of two APIs: QbD approach and development of a NIR in-line monitoring method

Publication date: Available online 16 June 2019Source: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical SciencesAuthor(s): Alexandru Gavan, Sonia Iurian, Tibor Casian, Alina Porfire, Sebastian Porav, Ioana Voina, Alexandru Oprea, Ioan TomutaAbstractThe study focused on the fluid-bed granulation process of a product with two active pharmaceutical ingredients, intended for coated tablets preparation and further transfer to industrial scale. The work aimed to prove that an accurate control of the critical granulation parameters can level the input material variability and offer a user-friendly process control strategy. Moreover, an in-line Near-Infrared monitoring method was developed, which offered a real time overview of the moisture level along the granulation process, thus a reliable supervision and control process analytical technology (PAT) tool. The experimental design's results showed that the use of apparently interchangeable active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and filler sorts that comply with pharmacopoeial specifications, lead to different end-product critical attributes. By adapting critical granulation parameters (i.e. binder spray rate and atomising pressure) as a function of material characteristics, led to granules with average sizes comprised in a narrow range of 280–320 µm and low non-granulated fraction of under 5%. Therefore, the accurate control of process parameters according to the formulation particularities achieved the maintenance of product within the design...
Source: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research