Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 595, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120197
Keywords
3D printing; 3D printed drug products; Printing medicines and pharmaceuticals; Pressure assisted microsyringe; Oral drug delivery films; Rheology
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Funding
- Kempe Foundation [SMK-1640]
- Aforsk [18-459]
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The study utilized 3D printing to produce hybrid film structures of pullulan and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose loaded with caffeine as a model drug. It was found that the addition of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose increased the mechanical properties of the pullulan films. Additionally, the spatial orientation of the hybrid films was explored to maximize their mechanical properties.
Oral films (OFs) continue to attract attention as drug delivery systems, particularly for pedatric and geriatric needs. However, immiscibility between different polymers limits the full potential of OFs from being explored. One example is pullulan (PUL), a novel biopolymer which often has to be blended with other polymers to reduce cost and alter its mechanical properties. In this study, the state-of-the-art in fabrication techniques, three-dimensional (3D) printing was used to produce hybrid film structures of PUL and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), which were loaded with caffeine as a model drug. 3D printing was used to control the spatial deposition of films. HPMC was found to increase the mean mechanical properties of PUL films, where the tensile strength, elastic modulus and elongation break increased from 8.9 to 14.5 MPa, 1.17 to 1.56 GPa and from 1.48% to 1.77%, respectively. In addition, the spatial orientation of the hybrid films was also explored to determine which orientation could maximize the mechanical properties of the hybrid films. The results revealed that 3D printing could modify the mechanical properties of PUL whilst circumventing the issues associated with immiscibility.
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