Taste masking method for bitter drug and taste less dispersible tablet: an overview

Rajendra Jangde, Shailendra Saraf, Sanjay Daharwal*, Swarnlata Saraf

Institute of pharmacy,

Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur(C.G.), India 492010

Corresponding author*

MICROBIAL LIMIT TEST IN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS: AN OVERVIEW

The microbial limit tests are designed to perform the qualitative and quantitative estimations of specific viable microorganisms present in pharmaceutical substances or in the samples. Since, the pharmaceutical products deals with the formulation of various dosage form which ultimately be used by the human for alleviating certain kind of ailments to treat the dreadful diseases. Therefore, the test should be performed in all the dosage form to ensure that the formulation is free from any micro-organism and it also ensure that it will not going to harm the human body as concern to the micro-organism.

Pharmacy Education On Internet

Open Source Drug Discovery for Neglected Diseases

Professor Marc Mandrinum works with an initiative that seeks to make biological and genomic data open and available such that anyone can go play with it and form communities around working with this data. The hope is that by having data freely available there will be many more people working with the data and thus more leads into potential therapies and cures. You can watch his video lecture at Farmavita.Net 

Can biologic drugs tackle antibiotic resistance?

Antibody-based products present a novel approach to the treatment and prevention of infections, as an alternative to conventional antibiotics. Several companies are developing such agents for a range of indications, but their cost, complex manufacturing methods and mode of administration are restrictive. A high unmet need and well defined target groups are key to commercial success in this market.

Bacteriophages - new light in fight against antibiotic resistant bacterias

Antibiotic resistance is cropping up all around, even in some of the most well-outfitted hospitals in the richest countries in the world. Doctors often hold the newest antibiotics in reserve to forestall the advent of resistant infections, and while it makes sense from a public health standpoint, the practice discourages sales of new medications, preventing investment. Instead, the answer may come from Bacteriophage Therapy.

Broccoli Sprout Extract Protects Against UV Rays

A team of Johns Hopkins scientists reports in the Oct. 23 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that humans can be protected against the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation — the most abundant cancer-causing agent in our environment — by topical application of an extract of broccoli sprouts.

CHIKUNGUNYA: THE OUTBREAK OF CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER

In the present era chikungunya is playing havoc in many parts of our country. Chikungunya virus is an alpha virus closely related to the onyong nyong virus the ross river virus in Australia, and the viruses that cause eastern euine encephalitis and western equine encephalitis. The present paper enumerates nature, treatment options, symptoms and diagnosis of the disease.