Colorcon®, the innovator and industry standard for complete film coating systems, offers a range of custom pigmented and non-pigmented film coatings for immediate release solid dose applications. Our film coating formulas produce attractive, elegant coatings on even the most challenging tablet surfaces and can be used in both aqueous and organic coating procedures.
An extensive selection of polymer blend formulations provides the user with the ability to impart many beneficial features to a solid oral dosage formulation. Benefits include:
- Reduced coating process time
- Superior adhesion on difficult to coat cores
- Less stressful processing conditions for heat sensitive, friable or high drug content cores
- Sharper logo definition, even at higher weight gains
- Better gloss and smoothness compared to conventional film coatings
- Improved color stability
Aqueous film coating is the quickest and least expensive method for enhancing your tablet appearance and, unlike other methods, will not affect dissolution or disintegration profiles. Our custom formulated, dry-blend systems consist of polymers, plasticizers and pigments, combined in one, easy-to-use, dry powder system which is rehydrated quickly and simply with water. Colorcon also offers customized color selection and color matching of our immediate release tablet film coating products.
Colorcon’s ongoing research of film coating polymers has produced many enhanced polymer combinations resulting in new tablet coating options for our customers. Our newly developed, dry coating technology provides benefits such as improved adhesion, reduced processing times, and application of the tablet coating at wider process parameters. Additional advances in our immediate release tablet film coating technology include high gloss and pearlescence, which not only give a more elegant appearance to your solid oral dosage form, but provide unique opportunities for branding and tablet identification.
Visit the links below for more information on our wide range of tablet film coating products:
Opadry® II Complete Film Coating System
Custom formulated, complete aqueous dry-blend system consisting of a combination of polymers developed to offer productivity enhancements to the original Opadry formula.
Opadry® Complete Film Coating System
Original one-step customized coating system that combines polymer, plasticizer and, if desired pigment in a complete dry concentrate than can be used in both aqueous and organic coating processes.
Opadry® AMB Aqueous Moisture Barrier Film Coating System
A one step, dry-blend system specifically designed for the coating of solid oral dosage forms that require a high level of protection from environmental moisture.
Opadry® fx™ Special Effects Film Coating Systems
A pearlescent and lustrous effect aqueous film coating system which can create visually unique effects for solid dosage forms.
Opaglos® 2 High Gloss Film Coating System
High gloss pigmented or clear aqueous film coating system that gives tablets an elegant appearance not previously possible using standard film coating equipment.
Opadry® NS Complete Film Coating Systems for Nutritional Supplements
Opadry NS is specifically designed to meet the needs of the North American dietary supplement market.
Opadry® ns-g Gloss Film Coating for Nutritional Supplements
A pigmented, high gloss finish for dietary supplements regulated as food that gives products a higher quality look at minimal cost per tablet.
Opadry® tm Taste Mask Film Coating System
A fully formulated, pigmented, immediate release film coating system for the taste masking of tablets.
Opalux® Color Coating Product
An opaque, aqueous color dispersion in sucrose syrup.
Contact Colorcon learn more about our immediate release film coating systems for solid oral dosage forms.
