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{"title":"The Impact of Volume of Dissolution Medium for Biopredictive Dissolution/Permeation Studies of Enabling Formulations: A Comparison of Two Brands of Telmisartan / Amlodipine Tablets.","authors":"Jonas Borregaard Eriksen, Johanna Milsmann, Martin Brandl, Annette Bauer-Brandl","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For compendial dissolution testing of solid dosage forms, media volumes of 500 to 900 mL are used in apparatus I and II to ensure sink conditions. However, these volumes are considerably larger than those in the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, the experiments are not biomimetic and possibly not suitable for biopredictive dissolution testing. The present study investigates the influence of volumes of dissolution media in non-compendial dissolution/permeation settings. Dissolution/permeation studies of two commercial bilayer tablets (Twynsta® and Arrow) containing the active pharmaceutical ingredients telmisartan (40 mg) and amlodipine (10 mg) were evaluated using the MacroFlux tool with various biomimetic media mimicking fasted and fed states as well as biological variability (\"biorelevant\"). Particularly, the two-stage dissolution process of telmisartan from the tablets is interesting because the compound has a pH-dependent solubility, and 2-stage dissolution leads to supersaturation and precipitation upon pH shift. For telmisartan, lower dissolution volumes significantly induced precipitation, leading to lower permeation, while no precipitation was observed in the larger volume. The permeation of telmisartan was overly sensitive to both pH and micelle concentrations in the biomimetic media. Amlodipine showed complete dissolution under any conditions, which correlates with its known complete absorption in vivo. In conclusion, volumes of dissolution media (and their compositions) are key parameters and play a significant role for designing relevant biomimetic experiments used to predict the bioavailability of supersaturating systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142854445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bioequivalence study of voriconazole for intravenous infusion in healthy Chinese subjects under fasting conditions.","authors":"Zhangqiang Xiang, Mupeng Li, Shaoting Cui, Chunyan Gan, Fangfang Liu, Qian Huang, Gang Mai, Lianlian Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Voriconazole, a second-generation triazole, is used to prevent and treat invasive fungal infections. This study aimed to assess the bioequivalence and safety of test and reference voriconazole intravenous infusion under the fasting conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study employed a randomized, open-label, single-dose, two-period, crossover trial design. Eligible subjects randomly assigned for screening, receiving either the test or reference voriconazole for intravenous infusion during the first period, with alternative products administered during the second period. The washout period lasted 7 days. The single administration dosage was fixed at 6mg/kg. Nineteen blood samples were collected at pre-dose and up to 46 h post-dose for each subject. The validated LC-MS/MS method was used to determine the concentration of voriconazole in plasma.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-four subjects were enrolled in the study, comprising 20 males and 4 females. The primary pharmacokinetic parameters (mean ± SD) were as follows: C_max was 4631.20±744.80 and 5008.09±1020.77 ng/mL, AUC_0-t was 27121.07±12658.03 and 28674.08±13118.05 ng*h/mL, and AUC_0-∞ was 28056.10±14428.76 and 29616.29±14783.70 ng*h/mL for the test and reference formulations, respectively. The 90% confidence intervals of geometric mean ratios for C_max, AUC_0-t, and AUC_0-∞ fell within the range of 80.00% to 125.00%. Both products were well tolerated and no serious adverse event was observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The test and reference voriconazole intravenous infusion demonstrated bioequivalence and good tolerability.</p>","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142854449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Call for manuscript submissions to the Richard H. Guy dedicated issue.","authors":"Kenneth L Audus","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reprint of: M1 Macrophage-Targeted Curcumin Nanocrystals with l-Arginine-Modified for Acute Lung Injury by Inhalation.","authors":"Shiyue Wu, Pengchuan Guo, Qiren Zhou, Xiaowen Yang, Jundong Dai","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ALI/ARDS) with clinical manifestations of respiratory distress and hypoxemia remains a significant cause of respiratory failure, boasting a persistently high incidence and mortality rate. Given the central role of M1 macrophages in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI), this study utilized the anti-inflammatory agent curcumin as a model drug. l-arginine (L-Arg) was employed as a targeting ligand, and chitosan was initially modified with l-arginine. Subsequently, it was utilized as a surface modifier to prepare inhalable nano-crystals loaded with curcumin (Arg-CS-Cur), aiming for specific targeting of pulmonary M1 macrophages. Compared with unmodified chitosan-curcumin nanocrystals (CS-Cur), Arg-CS-Cur exhibited higher uptake in vitro by M1 macrophages, as evidenced by flow cytometry showing the highest fluorescence intensity in the Arg-CS-Cur group (P < 0.01). In vivo accumulation was greater in inflamed lung tissues, as indicated by small animal imaging demonstrating higher lung fluorescence intensity in the DiR-Arg-CS-Cur group compared to the DiR-CS-Cur group in the rat ALI model (P < 0.05), peaking at 12 h. Moreover, Arg-CS-Cur demonstrated enhanced therapeutic effects in both LPS-induced RAW264.7 cells and ALI rat models. Specifically, treatment with Arg-CS-Cur significantly suppressed NO release and levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells (p < 0.01), while in ALI rat models, expression levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in lung tissues were significantly lower than those in the model group (P < 0.01). Furthermore, lung tissue damage was significantly reduced, with histological scores significantly lower than those in the CS-Cur group (P < 0.01). In conclusion, these findings underscore the targeting potential of l-arginine-modified nanocrystals, which effectively enhance curcumin concentration in inflammatory environments by selectively targeting M1 macrophages. This study thus introduces novel perspectives and theoretical support for the development of targeted therapeutic interventions for acute inflammatory lung diseases, including ALI/ARDS.</p>","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142801200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reprint of: Does Two-Step Infusion Improve the Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics Target Attainment of Meropenem in Critically Ill Patients?","authors":"Jiaojiao Chen, Quanfang Wang, Sihan Li, Ruiying Han, Chuhui Wang, Shiqi Cheng, Baogui Yang, Lizhuo Diao, Tingting Yang, Dan Sun, Di Zhang, Yalin Dong, Taotao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The optimal method for administering meropenem remains controversial. This study was conducted to explore the optimal two-step infusion strategy (TIT), and to investigate whether TIT is superior to intermittent infusion therapy (IIT) and prolonged infusion therapy (PIT). A physiologically based pharmacokinetics model for critically ill patients was established and evaluated. The validated model was utilized to evaluate the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) target attainment of meropenem. The PK/PD target attainment of different TITs varied greatly, and the total infusion duration and the first-step dose greatly affected these values. The optimal TIT was 0.25 g (30 min) + 0.75 g (150 min) at MICs of ≤2 mg/L, and 0.25 g (45 min) + 0.75 g (255 min) at MICs of 4-8 mg/L. The PK/PD target attainment of optimal TIT, PIT, and IIT were 100 % at MICs of ≤1 mg/L. When MIC increased to 2-8 mg/L, the PK/PD target attainment of optimal TIT was similar to that of PIT and higher than IIT. In conclusion, TIT did not significantly improve the PK/PD target attainment of meropenem compared with PIT. IIT is adequate at MICs of ≤1 mg/L, and PIT may be the optimal meropenem infusion method in critically ill patients with MICs of 2-8 mg/L.</p>","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142801197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attribute ranging as a coordinated strategy between drug substance and drug product to accelerate commercial process nomination.","authors":"Clara Hartmanshenn, Alexander Bechtold, Thomas Kwok, Jeff Mora, Nathan Contrella, Alex Confer, Rachel Bade, Teresa Andreani, Jonathan M E Hughes, Billy Chen, Eric Sirota, Lorenzo Codan, David J Lamberto, Yingju Xu, Nastaran Salehi, Stephen Crowley","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To make investigational drug candidates available to patients sooner, timelines for drug development are becoming shorter. Synthesis route scouting for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and drug product development often must occur simultaneously, requiring formulators to make decisions regarding drug product process selection before commercial API route finalization. Alternatively, the formulation strategy may be locked, thereby constraining drug substance processes with strict API attribute requirements. Critical quality attributes of the drug product can depend heavily on the API, yet final physical attributes may not be known early on in development. Furthermore, the desire to reduce pill burden means higher drug loading in formulations, leaving little room for excipients to compensate for suboptimal API performance. The opposing challenges of API synthetic route and drug product formulation development typically lead to elongated development timelines requiring an iterative approach. In this work, a coordinated strategy was designed and implemented to deliberately range API attributes via crystallization and milling techniques to enable robust assessment of downstream manufacturing and significantly reduce the time for final process selection. The study presented was conducted on a protease inhibitor targeted for treatment of Covid-19. Given the emergent need for treatment options, this dramatically accelerated approach was crucial for potential emergency use authorization (EUA).</p>","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142791838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of a thermal stabilizer formulation optimized by response surface methodology for Senecavirus A antigen.","authors":"Zhenru Hu, Jiankun Huang, Simiao Zhao, Huiying Zhou, Shiqi Sun, Xiaobo Wen, Xuhua Ran","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Numerous members of the family Picornaviridae, such as the Senecavirus A (SVA) and foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), exhibit thermal instability, resulting in the dissociation of viral particles, which affects the insufficient potency of the vaccine. Based on this characteristic, this study aimed to maintain the thermal stability of SVA by supplementing it with a stabilizer. Excipients, such as sucrose, mannitol, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol (PEG), L-arginine (L-Arg), glutamic acid (Glu), polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), bovine serum albumin (BSA), and potassium chloride (KCl) dissolved in Tris-HCl buffer solution, retained the infectivity of SVA in the thermostability assay. Thermal stability formulations were developed by combining different excipients in disaccharide polyol systems and optimizing formulations using the Box-Behnken experimental design (BBD) combined with response surface methodology (RSM). Three significant factors were studied: sucrose 9.9%, sorbitol 9.9%, and L-Arg 0.06 mol/L against virus titer of thermal-resistance of SVA as a response. The formulation improved the stability of SVA, whose viral infectivity titer decreased by 10^1.0 TCID₅₀/mL at 4°C, 25°C, and 37°C, respectively, until it decreased by 10^1.21 TCID₅₀/mL at 7 d of incubation at 42°C. The combinational thermal stabilizer generated in this study enabled the stabilization of the SVA, which might contribute to storage and transportation when the cold chain is unavailable, especially in rural areas. Therefore, the thermal stabilizer is an efficient candidate stabilizer for picornavirus formulations, which keep picornavirus infectivity at various temperatures. Further optimization of this approach will provide new opportunities for the generation of stabilizer formulation from different stabilizers.</p>","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142791841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Co-Delivery of Daunorubicin and Homoharringtonine in Folic Acid Modified-Liposomes for Enhancing Therapeutic Effect on Acute Myeloid Leukemia\" [Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Volume 112 (2023) 123-131].","authors":"Qi Liu, Lijun Luo, Xiaofeng Gao, Di Zhang, Xinqian Feng, Peng Yang, Hui Li, Shengjun Mao","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In vitro model of reconstructed human corneal epithelium for the evaluation of ocular surface desiccation and protection with vitamin A enriched ophthalmic ointment.","authors":"Ignacio Alcalde, Cristina Sánchez-Fernández, Ángel Azpeitia, Natalia Vázquez, Manuel Chacón, Carla Martín, Jesús Merayo-Lloves","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a paraffin ointment enriched with vitamin A in the protection against severe desiccation using 2D and 3D corneal epithelial in vitro models. We used immortalized human corneal epithelial cell cultures to evaluate the efficacy of four compounds -a paraffin ointment enriched with vitamin A (vA-PFF) and its vehicle; an aqueous gel containing hydroxypropyl guar (HPG); and an aqueous gel containing sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)- to preserve cell viability in an in vitro model of desiccation. WST-1 and Live/Dead assays were used to study cell viability. Protection against cell damage was evaluated using a tridimensional reconstructed human corneal epithelial stem cell model (QobuR-RhCE). Compared to CMC, the paraffin ointment produced a significant prosurvival effect and it was similar to hydroxypropyl guar (HPG). The effect of vA-PFF in the protection against cell damage in QobuR-RhCE was significantly higher than CMC and HPG. Our results suggested that reconstructed 3D human corneal epithelia are sensitive tools to evaluate the efficacy of topical formulations against chemical damage and severe desiccation, indicating that would be an alternative method to animal experimentation, valid to use in ocular drug screening. vA-PFF caused no toxicity to cells in culture and was effective against extreme desiccation and cell damage in vitro 2 D and 3D models.</p>","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optimization and Preparation of Doxycycline-Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles Using Box-Behnken Design for Better Diabetic Wound Healing.","authors":"Harish Bhardwaj, Ram Kumar Sahu, Rajendra Kumar Jangde","doi":"10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A diabetic wound is one of the most devastating difficulties associated with diabetes and leads to significant death and morbidity. Hence, the aim was to make Doxycycline-loaded chitosan nanoparticles (DOX-CNPs) using ionic gelation with a cross-linking technique. In the Box-Behnken design, the DOX-CNPs were optimized by considering the effects of the following 3 variables independently, namely chitosan, sodium tripolyphosphate in volume ratio, strength of chitosan and sodium tripolyphosphate, among several response variables related to nanoparticle properties. The Fourier transform infrared, transmission electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimeter, X-ray diffraction, particle size, entrapment efficiency, and drug release in-vitro were used to characterized the nanoparticles. Additionally, DPPH scavenging activity and activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and in vivo characterization were carried out to optimize DOX-CNPs. Then effective delivery of DOX-CNPs is incorporated in chitosan hydrogel for diabetic wounds. The findings of this study indicate that DOX-CNPs exhibit free radical scavenging properties, demonstrate significant antibacterial activity, and enhance cell viability and migration in an in vitro wound healing assay using the L929 fibroblast cell line, and in vivo demonstrate increased blood vessels, collagen deposition epithelization. Chitosan could be used as a drug carrier in a DOX-chitosan-NP system to help develop procedures that can be used in the lab and to treat diabetic wounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":16741,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pharmaceutical sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}