Excipient interaction review paper gets nod from IPEC

The report, titled ‘Pharmaceutical excipients – where do we begin?’, explores the cause of a reaction from supposed inert ingredients, concluding that more research must be done to find excipient reactions.

And though the paper – written by Alsion Haywood, senior lecturer at Griffith University, Golden Coast, and Beverley D Glass, professor of pharmacy at James Cook University, Queensland – leaves a broad conclusion to the questions posed, IPEC (international pharmaceutical excipients council) lends its full support.

IPEC chair Patricia Rafidson told in-PharmaTechnologist: “Raising awareness of the use of excipients in context is an important goal of the IPEC Federation. ​

“This publication recognises the diverse roles excipients may play in pharmaceutical products including the functionality they can impart to dosage forms. ​

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“Initiatives on the prevention of use of falsified medicines will help to reinforce the integrity and robustness of excipient supply which is a high priority for regulators, excipient manufacturers and users.”​