Abstract
Pharmaceutical excipients are substances, other than the pharmacologically
active drug or prodrug, which are included in the manufacturing process or are
contained in the finished pharmaceutical product dosage form. Excipients
provide enhanced functionality to the pharmaceuticals, aid the innovations in
the drug development and help improve patent life as well. Excipients make the
products more functional at a lower cost, a benefit much desired by the
pharmaceutical industry that is inundated with pressures to reduce costs.
All in all, excipients play a wide variety of functional roles in
pharmaceutical dosage forms, including:
- Modulating the solubility and bioavailability of active pharmaceutical
ingredients (APIs).
- Increasing the stability of active ingredients in dosage forms.
- Helping active ingredients maintain preferred polymorphic forms or
conformations.
- Maintaining the pH and/or osmolarity of liquid formulations.
- Acting as antioxidants, emulsifying agents, aerosol propellants, tablet
binders, and tablet disintegrants.
- Preventing aggregation or dissociation (e.g., of protein and
polysaccharide actives).
- Modulating immunogenic responses of active ingredients (e.g., adjuvants).
Excipient market comprises of five key segments including binders/fillers,
coating agents, disintegrants, lubricants, sweeteners.
This report will address all the current trends in the sector that are
reshaping the industry and making it more efficient from profitability
perspective. This report will provide a comprehensive overview of the fine
chemical/excipient industry, the pharmaceutical formulators industry, and the
pharmaceutical finished drug industry. Based on the information, analysis
provided in this report, the managers will be able to estimate the market
size, forecasts, and prepare their development plans, budgets, and plan
marketing, competitive strategies to improve their market power in the
segments of their interest. As such, this report will be of particular
interest and value to business, i.e. marketing managers, product managers,
strategic planners, technical personnel, and R & D personnel.
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