November 2009 Volume 16 Issue 4

FIP Position Paper on Qualification of Paddle and Basket Dissolution Apparatus Members of FIP Special Interest Group, Dissolution/Drug Release A Discriminatory and Biorelevant Dissolution Test Method for Simvastatin Drug Products N. Singla1, G. D. Gupta2, K. Kohli3, and A. K. Singla4 1Institute of Pharmacy, B.S.A.I.P, Faridabad, India 2Amar Shaheed Baba Ajit Singh Jujhar Singh Memorial College of Pharmacy, Bela (Ropar), India 3Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India 4Department of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Ranbaxy Research Lab, Gurgaon, India An Approach for Improvement of the Dissolution Rate of Gliclazide Sudarsan Biswal, Gouri S. Pasa, Jagannath Sahoo, and Padala N. Murthy Royal College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Berhampur, Orissa, India Formulation, Characterization, and Optimization of Fast-Dissolve Tablets Containing Celecoxib Solid Dispersion Vikram M. Pandya, Dhaval J. Patel, Jayvadan K. Patel, and Rakesh P. Patel S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat University, Gujarat, India Effect of Paddle-Shaft Position on the Dissolution Rate of Sodium Diclofenac Tablets and the Equivalence Assessment of a Generic Product Mari Fujimoto1,2, Kiyoshi Mihara2,3, James A. Jorgenson4, Kuniko Otsuka5, Masaki Aburada2,3, Tomie Kawada3, Junko Ishizaki1, Ken-ichi Miyamoto1, and Makoto Otsuka3 1Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Japan 2Research Center for Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan 3Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan 4Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University of Utah, UT 5Yokohama College of Pharmacy, Totsuka, Yokohama, Japan Meeting Report: University of Wisconsin/AAPS/FDA Workshop� Applied Biopharmaceutics and Quality by Design for Dissolution/ Release Specification Setting: Product Quality for Patient Benefit Vivian A. Gray Dissolution Technologies Hockessin, DE Meeting Report: USP Workshop on Topical and Transdermal Drug Products Margareth Marques United States Pharmacopeia, Rockville, MD Question & Answer Section Margareth Marques and William Brown United States Pharmacopeia, Rockville,MD