20. May 2018

The U.S. Pharmacopeia defines excipients as substances other than the active pharmaceutic ingredient (API) that are added in a drug delivery system in order to aid in the manufacturing process and enhance stability, bioavailability, safety, effectiveness and delivery of the drug. These substances have been appropriately evaluated for safety (1). Although excipients are well characterized and evaluated for safety, they can interact with the API chemically or physically (2). An incompatibility...