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DRUG REGISTRATION GUIDANCE DOCUMENT (DRGD) - BPFK

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Drug Registration Guidance Document (<strong>DRGD</strong>)2. Disintegration Test (for tablets, capsules and pills)Disintegration time:a) Uncoated tablets : NMT 30 minutesb) Film-coated tablets : NMT 30 minutesc) Sugar-coated tablets : NMT 60 minutesd) Enteric-coated tablets : Does not disintegrate for 120 minutes inacid solution but to disintegrate within 60minutes in buffer solutione) Capsules : NMT 30 minutesf) Pills : NMT 120 minutes3. Test for Uniformity of Weight (tablets and capsules only)i) Tablet- For tablet with average weight of 130mg or less: Not more than 2tablets differ from the average weight by more than 10% AND notablets differ from the average weight by more than 20%- For tablet with average weight between 130-324mg: Not more than 2tablets differ from the average weight by more than 7.5% AND notablet differs from the average weights by more than 15%- For tablets with average weight more than 324mg: Not more than 2tablets differ from the average weight by more than 5% AND no tabletdiffers from the average weight by more than 10%ii) CapsuleIndividual weight of the capsule to be within the limit of 90-110% of theaverage weight.National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau (NPCB)First Edition, January 2013 Page | 217

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