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Submitted by jainp on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 16:22.

60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress – 2008 organized by Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association, which is a federation of five Pharma bodies. This year it was hosted by Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association, a national body of pharmacy graduates. Congress had its Diamond Jubilee function at Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology, sec – 3, Dwarka, New Delhi – 75 from 12th Dec. to 14th Dec.

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Design of a potential colonic drug delivery system of mesalamine

Submitted by rkparikh on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 13:49.

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Journal Article

Authors:

M. C. Gohel; R.K. Parikh; S. A. Nagori; M. R. Dabhi

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Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, Volume 13, Issue 5, p.447-456 (2008)

Keywords:

Colonic drug delivery system; mesalamine; coating; hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; Eudragit® S100

Abstract:

The aim of the present investigation was to develop a site-specific colonic drug delivery system, built on the principles of the combination of pH and time sensitivity. Press-coated mesalamine tablets with a coat of HPMC E-15 were over-coated with Eudragit S100. The in vitro drug release study was conducted using sequential dissolution technique at pH 1.2, 6.0, 7.2 and 6.4 mimicking different regions of gastrointestinal tract. The optimized batch (F2) showed less than 6% of drug release before reaching colonic pH 6.4 and complete drug release was obtained thereafter within 2 hr. A short-term dissolution stability study demonstrated statistical insignificant difference in drug release.