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CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF ORALLYDISINTEGRATING TABLETS (ODTs) CONTAINING IBUPROFEN GRANULESPREPARED BY HOT MELT EXTRUSION1.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................412.0 Materials and methods ..................................................................................................422.1 Materials ................................................................................................................422.2 Hot-<strong>melt</strong> <strong>extrusion</strong> ................................................................................................432.3 Particle size distribution me<strong>as</strong>urements ................................................................432.4 Tablet preparation ..................................................................................................432.5 Flow properties and compressibility .....................................................................432.6 Evaluation <strong>of</strong> tablets ..............................................................................................442.7 In vitro tablet disintegration ..................................................................................442.8 In vivo tablet disintegration and bitterness evaluation ..........................................442.9 Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) ..............................................................452.10 X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD).......................................................................452.11 In vitro drug rele<strong>as</strong>e studies .................................................................................452.12 HPLC analysis .....................................................................................................463.0 Results and discussion ..................................................................................................463.1 Hot-<strong>melt</strong> <strong>extrusion</strong> process ....................................................................................46viii | P a g e

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