Oral Solid ‘Specials’ Economic Dosage Forms
20 Aug 2014For very early clinical trials the volunteers are often dosed with capsules that contain the API and nothing else. This white paper suggests that ‘drug in capsule’ be considered as an alternative to the formulated oral solids currently supplied as specials.
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