Will Your Tablet Stand Up To The Test?

Texture analysis is used to facilitate consistency in tablet design, optimize textural attributes, ensure integrity during manufacture and transport, and characterize consumer/patient experience during oral consumption (swallowing vs. chewing). The ability to quantify measurements for the physical properties of tablets which correlate with these requirements illustrates the versatility that Texture Analyzers bring to the R&D laboratory for formulation projects.  QC must then implement limited versions of these “texture” tests to ensure that manufacturing produces tablets which meet R&D’s speci!cations. The advantage of today’s texture instruments is that they can work under PC control for R&D’s sophisticated testing needs, but also deliver quick single point tests for QC operating in standalone mode without need for computer control.