Many dosage forms and pharmaceutical technologies trace their origins to the food industry, where taste is paramount. In this blog our formulation and sensory scientists share practical concepts and techniques for developing palatable drug products.

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What Flavor is Most Effective in Masking a Bitter Taste?

Posted by Senopsys on July 20, 2016
What Flavor is Most Effective in Masking a Bitter Taste?

By: David Tisi – Senopsys Technical Director Many Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) are bitter, some extremely so. Often a formulator’s first reaction to taste masking is to add a “flavor” to the formulation to mask the bitterness. This approach to taste making is not usually successful because of differences in the physiology of taste and

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Developing Palatable Drug Products: A Decision Framework and Guide for CDMOs

Posted by Senopsys on July 1, 2016

By: Jeff Worthington – Senopsys President and Founder Many drug actives are bitter or have other aversive attributes that require effective taste masking. Senopsys penned an article for Contract Pharma that describes the framework for developing palatable drug products advanced by the AAPS Pediatric Formulations Task Force. The framework is a decision-tree that identifies the

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