Biogrund and Beneo-Palatinit Develop New Film-Sugar-Coating Solution

Being ready-to-use, the blend is easily handled and less time is required to prepare the coating suspension. For the process all open and closed coating systems can be used.

23 Jul 2012 --- BIOGRUND GmbH and BENEO-Palatinit GmbH present SugaPolish FSC at this year’s CPhI Worldwide, taking place in Madrid from 9th to 11th October 2012 and AAPS, taking place in Chicago from 15th to 17th October 2012. The innovative ready-to-use blend containing galenIQ (Isomalt EP, BP, USP-NF) provides pharmaceutical as well as nutraceutical oral solid dosage forms with a film-sugar-coating that is comparable to a dragée. The process time, however, is drastically reduced.

SugaPolish FSC is a dry-milled, homogeneous, sugar-free blend accelerating the coating of tablets. Being ready-to-use, the blend is easily handled and less time is required to prepare the coating suspension. For the process all open and closed coating systems can be used. At a weight gain of only 10 per cent shiny dragée-like tablets are produced within less than 70 minutes coating time including the waxing step already.

“SugaPolish FSC combines the best of two worlds. Processing time is similar or even shorter compared to the well-known film coating, but at the same time manufacturers benefit from the advantages of sugar-coated products,” describes Dr. Felix Specht, Technical Director at BIOGRUND the innovative solution. Undesired taste and odour of APIs are successfully masked due to the stable film-sugar-coating. Tests confirmed that moisture absorbance is reduced in comparison to film coating while stability of the product is improved. Even on very hydrophobic centers SugaPolish FSC leads to an excellent adhesion of the coating.

The final product has an appealing appearance with shiny and brilliant colours as well as a pure and natural taste. “The characteristics of the multifunctional excipient galenIQ were essential to develop SugaPolish FSC. Only due to the unique crystallization behaviour of BENEO-Palatinit’s excipient, we could realize the fast coating times and the brilliant colours,” concludes Dr. Felix Specht.

Dr. Maj-Britt Cepok, Product Manager PHARMA at BENEO-Palatinit: “We are delighted to work with an experienced partner in coating solutions, such as BIOGRUND. galenIQ characteristics and our both companies’ expertise in coating technologies are a perfect fit. SugaPolish FSC with galenIQ responds to today’s pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry’s requirements by combining an even more efficient production with high quality standards.”