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SUBMITTER: Rosenbaum C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11360357 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosenbaum Christoph C Gerds Naemi N Hack Liliane L Weitschies Werner W
Pharmaceutics 20240822 8
Fiber-based technologies are widely used in various industries, but their use in pharmaceuticals remains limited. While melt extrusion is a standard method for producing medical fibers such as sutures, it is rarely used for pharmaceutical fiber-based dosage forms. The EsoCap system is a notable exception, using a melt-extruded water-soluble filament as the drug release trigger mechanism. The challenge of producing drug-loaded fibers, particularly due to the use of spinning oils, and the processi ...[more]