Polymer physical gels have been used in numerous practical applications within food processing, chemical, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. They may be obtained on the bases of synthetic and natural polymers. Natural polymers are easily biodegradable, hence their more extensive usage within the areas where synthetic polymers have been applied so far.
The meeting of the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) [European Pharmacopoeia (Ph.Eur.), Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP), and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP)] was hosted by EDQM in Strasbourg, France, 25-26 May 2016. To date, 29 of the 36 General Chapters and 49 of the 67 excipient monographs on the current work programme have been harmonised. Sign-offs at this meeting include a new monograph on Hydroxyethylcellulose and two revised monographs on Ethylcellulose & Cellulose acetate....