Preferred Label : Hot Melt Extrusion Technology;
MeSH definition : Solvent-free method for preparing numerous types of drug delivery systems and dosage
forms for active pharmaceutical ingredients that have solubility issues. It involves
pumping polymeric materials at temperatures above their glass transition temperature
to mix in active pharmaceutical ingredients with or without binders thus forming an
amorphous product with an increase in the dissolution profile for the active pharmaceutical
ingredients.;
MeSH synonym : Hot Melt Extrusion;
Origin ID : D000080048;
UMLS CUI : C5197708;
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Solvent-free method for preparing numerous types of drug delivery systems and dosage
forms for active pharmaceutical ingredients that have solubility issues. It involves
pumping polymeric materials at temperatures above their glass transition temperature
to mix in active pharmaceutical ingredients with or without binders thus forming an
amorphous product with an increase in the dissolution profile for the active pharmaceutical
ingredients.