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Excipients are critical to delivering safe, effective pharmaceutical products to the marketplace. Different types of excipients play diverse and often pivotal roles in formulation, from bulking to lubricating. Tilley Distribution is committed to connecting our pharmaceutical customers with high-quality excipient suppliers and providing value-added services to improve formulations and overcome manufacturing challenges.
Explore Excipient Ingredients
Excipients serve various purposes in pharmaceutical manufacturing, supporting active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) with the right texture, shelf life, dilution, and more. A drug’s efficacy depends on the integrity of its various excipients, and individual products often utilize multiple excipients.
Excipient Applications
Excipients in pharmaceutics improve formulation results in several ways. These are some of the most common applications of excipients in drugs:
- Bulking agent
- Binder
- Coating
- Coloring agent
- Diluent
- Disintegrant
- Lubricant
- Flavoring agent
- Preservative
- Sweetener
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Excipient FAQs
What is an excipient?
The term excipient includes all non-active substances added to finished pharmaceutical products. APIs and excipients are formulated to preserve the active ingredient’s efficacy from production to consumption.
What types of excipients are used in the pharmaceutical industry?
Thousands of excipients are used in pharmaceutical applications to achieve specific results. For example, subsets of excipients are used to create tablets and pills, oral solutions, intravenous drugs, and other types of medication. The FDA has published a list of inactive ingredients in approved drug products, which it updates frequently. This includes many excipients.
Are excipients ingredients?
Yes, excipients are ingredients. While often referred to as “inactive” ingredients because they do not have a therapeutic effect, they are vital for drug delivery, safety, and efficacy.
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