PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS
Hard two-piece capsules: the delivery system of choice by manufacturers of pharmaceutical dosage forms for over a century.
Solid oral dosage forms (tablets and capsules, both hard and soft) are the most popular delivery option among patients, doctors and pharmaceutical companies. They are “patient-friendly”: readily portable, convenient to auto-administer, easy to swallow, stable and precise in delivering the active ingredient.
Hard two-piece capsules also offer additional advantages over tablets, mainly:
- Less complex formulations, using less excipients
- Possibility of combining drug products
- More appropriate for hygroscopic active ingredients
- Option of using two colors (for the capsule cap and body) for product marketing
- More efficient product manufacturing process (reduced amount of steps), reducing validation and analytical costs
- Absence of compression forces in product manufacturing
