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Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, by means <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>rmodynamic considerations Bagley et al. [24] concluded that<strong>the</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> d and p show close similarity and so introduced <strong>the</strong> combined solubilityparameter v , wherev2d 2p(2.3)The parameter <strong>for</strong> components <strong>of</strong> intermolecular hydrogen bonding h and <strong>the</strong> combinedparameter v are plotted in a diagram to project <strong>the</strong> three-dimensional solubility parameter spaceinto a two-dimensional plot which is called Bagley diagram (Fig. 2.1).Fig. 2.1: Location <strong>of</strong> polymers (open symbols) and APIs (closed symbols) within <strong>the</strong> Bagleyplot.The two – dimensional approach through plotting <strong>the</strong> Bagley diagram can provide moreaccurate prediction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> drug – polymer miscibility. The drug polymer miscibility can bepredicted by <strong>the</strong> distance (R a(v) ) using <strong>the</strong> Pythagorean <strong>the</strong>orem in <strong>the</strong> Bagley diagram and <strong>the</strong>two components are likely to be miscible when R a(v) ≤5.6MPa 0.5 [28] . WhereRa[( ) ( 2( v)v2v1h2h1)2](2.4)Only small differences can be observed <strong>for</strong> FMT and INM and all three polymers where<strong>the</strong> R a(v) values are less than 5.6MPa 0.5 suggesting again drug – polymer miscibility <strong>for</strong> each<strong>for</strong>mulation (Table 2.2). The estimated R a(v) value <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> FMT/VA64 is 5.87 MPa 0.5 suggesting25 | P a g e

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