Opadry® Complete Film Coating System

Modern Tablet Film Coatings and Influence on Ease of Swallowing

This Application Data Sheet is extracted from a study of esophageal transit times using uncoated and film-coated caplets,oval tablets, plus hard and soft-gelatin capsules. Reprint of poster presented at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Meeting, 2003.

Technical Bulletin:Film Coating of Hydrophilic Matrices

Film Coating of Hydrophilic Matrix Tablets : Safety Considerations for Product Design to Minimize Medication Errors

Opadry® Cleaning Instructions

General directions for clean up after use of most Opadry product formulations.

Tech Bulletin: Introducing Surelease® | Opadry® for Taste-Masking

Introduction to Taste-Masking with Surelease and Opadry

Tech Bulletin: Surelease® | Opadry® for Taste-Masking 2

Taste-masking with Surelease® and Opadry: Impact of Substrate Morphology

Opadry® Coating Parameters

Starting process recommendations for use of Opadry aqueous formulations.

Opadry® Coating Parameters - Organic Formulations

Starting process recommendations for use of Opadry formulations using an isopropyl alcohol/methylene chloride solvent solution.

AAPS 2012 - Barrier Membrane Coated Hydrophilic Matrices: Robustness of Metoprolol Tartrate Release under Biorelevant Test Conditions – Impact of Media Composition

Joint poster - Ernst Moritz Arndt University & Colorcon

AAPS 2019 - Novel Authentication Technology Using Molecular Tags as a PCID in Solid Oral Dosage Forms

Poster Reprint from AAPS 2019 in San Antonio, TX, US.

AAPS 2020 - Evaluation of Different Opadry® Film Coating Systems on Tablets Containing Amorphous Solid Dispersion of Itraconazole

AAPS 2020 - Evaluation of Various Formulations and Processes on Barrier Membrane Coating of a BCS Class 1 Drug with Aquacoat® ECD-30

AAPS 2020 - In Vitro Evaluation of an Enteric Coating System for Esomeprazole Delayed Release Multiparticulates for Administration Through Nasogastric Tube

AAPS 2021 - Drug Release Stability of Propranolol Hydrochloride ER Multiparticulates using Ethylcellulose Dispersions

AAPS 2021 - Evaluation of Enteric Coating of Mini-Tabs in Different pH Media Using Acryl-EZE® II System

AAPS 2021 - Impact of Opacifier Type in a Film Coating Formulation on Photostability of Tablet Ingredients

AAPS 2021 - Investigation of a Directly Compressible Pantoprazole Sodium Delayed Release Formulation

AAPS 2021 - Performance and Stability of an On-Dosage Authentication Technology Using Molecular Tags on the Coated a Model Active

AAPS 2022 - Application of Film Coating Systems to Hide Dark Spots on Multivitamin Tablets

AAPS Poster Reprint 2022

AAPS 2022- Impact of Coating Process Parameters on Drug Layering of Sitagliptin Over Metformin HCl ER Tablets

AAPS Poster Reprint 2022

AAPS 2023 - Core Excipient Selection to Improve the Stability of a Moisture Sensitive Drug, ASA

AAPS 2023 - Influence of Coating Parameters on Uniformity and Yield of Immediate Release Coating Formulation of a Low Dose Drug (Linagliptin) onto Metformin HCl ER Tablets

CRS 2012 - Barrier Membrane Coating of Hydrophilic Matrices of a Very Soluble Drug, Metoprolol Tartrate at High Dose: A Strategy to Eliminate the Initial Burst Release

Application of barrier membrane (BM) coating, using Surelease with a pore-former, Opadry; elimination of the burst effect, followed by near zero order release.

CRS 2013 - Barrier Membrane Coating of Hydrophilic Matrices: A Simplified Strategy to Attain Zero Order Drug Release

Alternative formulation strategy for dosage forms where zero order release of drug is desired

CRS 2018 - Simultaneous Application of a Two-part Delayed Release Coating in a Single Pass Continuous Coating Process

CRS 2021 - Evaluation of Formulated Ethylcellulose Aqueous Dispersions to Develop Controlled Release Multiparticulate Formulation of Freely Soluble Drug, Propranolol Hydrochloride

Dare to be Different - Use Color and Shape for Unique Tablet Design

This article is from Medicine Maker, March 2015 issue.

Film Coating for Pediatric Oral Solid Dosage Forms

Getting the Right Coating for Pediatric Tablet Formulations

Film Coating for Taste-masking of Pediatric Oral Solid Dosage Forms

Case study on the use of Surelease® and Opadry® in the Development of a Paediatric Form of Raltegravir

From Core to Coating - A Supplement from The Medicine Maker

A series of articles published in The Medicine Maker collated into a Supplement “From Core to Coating”
• Speed and Simplicity – A Formulator’s Best Friend in Development
• The Power of Productivity
• Staying On Trend

Implementing On-Dose Authentication Technologies for Solid Dose Drug Products

In this whitepaper, we look at robust strategies that manufacturers can adopt to protect their supply chain from external threats.

Manufacturing Pressure Accelerates Move to Fully Formulated Film Coatings

Article published in The Manufacturing Chemist / Nutraceutical Business Review - September 2020

On Drug Delivery

Taste-masking interview from On Drug Delivery July 2015 edition. Taste-masking and the positive impact on medication adherence. Review of pH dependent and independent film coating options.

The Trusted Tablet

Mass digitalization of medicines offers new levels of
supply chain security and transparency