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Never<strong>the</strong>less, more than 80% FMT w<strong>as</strong> rele<strong>as</strong>ed from all drug/polymers <strong>for</strong>mulationsafter 300min. Similar to INM <strong>the</strong> FMT/SOL granules at 40% loading showed f<strong>as</strong>ter dissolutionrates to <strong>the</strong> 20% loading which w<strong>as</strong> attributed to <strong>the</strong> drug‘s pl<strong>as</strong>ticization effect.Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong> difference <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rele<strong>as</strong>e pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>of</strong> different <strong>for</strong>mulations w<strong>as</strong>investigated by calculating <strong>the</strong> similarity factor (f2). According to <strong>the</strong> FDA guidelines, rele<strong>as</strong>ecurves are considered similar when <strong>the</strong> calculated f2 is 50–100 [30] . The <strong>for</strong>mulation containingpure APIs differs significantly from that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> active extruded <strong>for</strong>mulations <strong>as</strong> all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>calculated f2 values fall into 10-20.07 range (Table 2.4).Table 2.4: Similarity factor (f2) <strong>for</strong> comparing rele<strong>as</strong>e curves with respect to drug loading <strong>of</strong>INM and FMT <strong>for</strong>mulationsFormulationsDifference Factor (f2)INMFMTINM/S630 20% 18.67 -INM/VA64 20% 20.07 -INM/VA64 40% 13.48 -INM/SOL 20% 17.91 -INM/SOL 40% 12.10 -INM PURE Ref -FMT/S630 20% - 17.27FMT/VA64 20% - 12.72FMT/SOL 20% - 11.63FMT/SOL 40% - 10.09FMT PURE - Ref37 | P a g e

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