Co- Processed Excipients: A Review

About author
Sreekanth Babu S*, Ajay Kumar A, Suman D R
Department of Pharmaceutics,
Ragavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research,Anantapur, A.P, India.
E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract
Co-processing is the way that new excipients coming to the market without undergoing rigorous safety testing of completely new chemical. It can be defined as combining two or more established excipients by an appropriate process. Co processing of excipients could lead to formation of excipients with superior properties compared to simple physical mixtures of their components. The main aim of co processing is to obtain product with an added value related to the ratio of its functionality /price.