Pharmaceutical’s Granulation

Dr. Saikh received PhD degree in Pharmacy in 2012. His research activities and expertise spheres dosage form design, novel drug delivery system, mucosdhesives, microparticles, probiotics, and nanotechnology; and authored more than twenty-five papers and two books. As member of editorial board and referee, he associated with several journals.

The reference book projects fundamentals and practices on the granulation of pharmaceutical solid oral dosage forms. Instances warrant modifying surface properties of granules by applying an outer layer of non-functional or functional coats and or depositing drug onto nonpareils. The book will familiarize adjoined processes and technologies, and analytical tools. It assembles granulation process including traditional (wet and dry process) and novel (fluid-bed, foamed binder, high-shear, melt, thermal adhesion, moisture activated dry granulation, pelletization, steam granulation, microencapsulation, novel dry granulation process, and many more) processes. Assembling also is information on sugar and film coating, conventional and perforated coating pans, solventless process, and many more. In addition, online and offline analytical tools for assessing/reproducing performance of granulation and coating process were presented. It will serve reference for professionals of academic and industrial field, adjoined with granulation and coating.