Pharmaceutical Capsules

Previously published as Hard Capsules, this updated and expanded second edition covers all aspects of capsule technology, including history, standards, methods and equipment used in manufacture, filling, printing, weighing, cleaning and inspecting of both hard and soft capsules.

Pharmaceutical Capsules is an essential resource for all those involved in the development, manufacture and testing of capsules. It will also be valuable to pharmaceutical science students and regulatory authorities.

1. The History of the Medicinal Capsule
2. Gelatin: Manufacture and Physico-chemical Properties
3. Gelatin Alternatives and Additives
4. The Manufacture and Properties of Two-piece Hard Capsules
5. Powder, Granule and Pellet Properties for Filling of Two-piece Hard Capsules
6. Dry Filling of Hard Capsules
7. Instrumented Capsule Filling Machines and Simulators
8. Capsule Processing and Packing
9. Filling of Liquids and Semi-solids Into Two-piece Hard Capsules
10. Technology to Manufacture Soft Capsules
11. Formulation and Physical Properties of Soft Capsules
12. Drug Release From Capsules
13. Capsule Standards

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01-Dec-09, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

"The Pharmaceutical Press continues to publish useful monographs on topics of interest. As one would expect, the second edition of Pharmaceutical Capsules is effectively a complete primer containing chapters that cover practically every aspect of hard-shell capsule formulation."

Harry G. Brittain. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 14:131, 2009