Compression-Coated Tablet Dosage Form

The authors describe a tablet press concept for the facile production of compression coated tablets by obviating the need to manufacture core tablets in a separate operation. Prototypes of the dosage form were produced with special tooling o­n a laboratory press and evaluated for their ability to form compression-coated tablets from poorly compactible substances and to control the release of drugs within the core by using suitable polymers in the coating blend..