Tablet Twinning | Tablet Coating Defect

Twinning is a tablet coating defect that is not observed in all coating processes but is observed during the coating operation of capsule-shaped tablets in pharmaceutical industries. This tablet coating ...
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Color Variation Defect In Coated Tablets

The tablet coating defects list is very extensive including various defects which we observe during the practical operation of the coating process. Here we are going to discuss a very ...
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Tablet Coating Defect Related To Weight Gain

Tablet coating is a process of applying a layer of polymer over rotating tablets in a coating pan. A coating suspension of polymer with other excipients in a suitable solvent ...
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Tablet Diameter Test

Tablets are compressed in the pharmaceutical industries using different types of toolings including punches & dies on compression machines. Tooling shape and dimensions play an important role to compress the ...
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Thickness Test For Tablets

The thickness Test for tablets is one of the most frequently & commonly used tests for tablets which is performed during the tablet compression operation. A thickness test for tablets ...
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Tablet Hardness Test

The Tablet Hardness test is one of the most important in-process tests for tablets which is performed at the start & in between at specified time intervals during the tablet ...
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Why We Only Measure 0.5 and 5.0 micron Particles In Cleanrooms

During particle count, we measure only 0.5 and 5.0-micron particles because most of the commonly found bacteria are in the size range of 0.5 to 5.0 micron so this size range is the main source of contamination...
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Cleaning Procedure For Enteric Coating Pan

Standard cleaning  Procedure for a tablet coater after the enteric coating process. 1.0 Purpose The purpose of this Standard cleaning procedure is to establish a standard cleaning procedure for washing ...
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Pass Box In Pharma

Every one of us who has ever worked there in the pharma industry will be familiar with the concept of achieving & maintaining the status of clean rooms or classified ...
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Door Interlocking In Pharmaceutical Industries

Interlocking is the locking system which is applied to the doors of airlocks to ensure that both doors are not opened at the same time...
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Wash In Place (WIP) Clean In Place (CIP)

Washing is a major part of various activities performed in different industries like the dairy and pharmaceuticals. As we know in the pharmaceutical industry we have to perform cleaning activities ...
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HVAC and Mixing MCQs

Q:1 HVAC stands for which of the following? a)Heating ventilation and air cooling. b)Humidity ventilation and air conditioning. c)Heating ventilation air Compressing. d)Heating ventilation and air conditioning The right answer ...
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Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

The active pharmaceutical ingredient is the main component of any dosage form that is pharmacologically active & provides desired therapeutic effects. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Definition The active pharmaceutical ingredient also ...
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Calibration Frequency Of Measuring Instruments

One of the most confusing questions for professionals working in any pharmaceutical industry or area where measurements are involved is, What should be the calibration frequency?or When equipment or instruments ...
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SOP For Automatic Tablet Coating System

Standard Operating Procedure for perforated coating pan system or automatic tablet coater. 1.0 Purpose The purpose of this SOP is to establish a standard procedure for operating the coating pan ...
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