Necessity of rethinking oral pediatric formulations.

Abstract:

:This commentary reviews the difficulties in formulating oral products for children. The significance of the fragmentation of the pediatric population in terms of development and ability to ingest different dosage formulations is examined. It is postulated that a flexible formulation, acceptable by all patient groups, is needed, and an automated compounding concept is proposed. The finishing of the formulation is done at the dispensing pharmacy using an automated process. The individual components (pudding-like carrier, microencapsulated drug, and the dispensing robot and its software) are reviewed. The involvement of different stakeholders is considered because new regulatory, clinical, and marketing thinking is required.

journal_name

Clin Ther

journal_title

Clinical therapeutics

authors

Bar-Shalom D

doi

10.1016/j.clinthera.2014.01.010

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-02-01 00:00:00

pages

180-3

issue

2

eissn

0149-2918

issn

1879-114X

pii

S0149-2918(14)00019-8

journal_volume

36

pub_type

杂志文章,评审