26 research outputs found
Assessing the bitter taste of medicines: A comparison between rat taste panels (via the brief-access taste aversion (BATA) model) and human taste panels
Can solubilizing excipients be used with the rat BATA model to assess the taste of poorly water-soluble drugs?
Playing hide and seek with poorly tasting paediatric medicines: do not forget the excipients
The development of paediatric medicines can be challenging since this is a diverse patient population with specific needs. For example, the toxicity of excipients may differ in children compared to adults and children have different taste preferences. Acceptable palatability of oral paediatric medicinal products is of great importance to facilitate patient adherence. This has been recognised by regulatory authorities and so is becoming a key aspect of paediatric pharmaceutical development studies. Many active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) have aversive taste characteristics and so it is necessary to utilise taste masking techniques to improve the palatability of paediatric oral formulations. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of different approaches to taste masking APIs in paediatric oral dosage forms, with a focus on the tolerability of excipients used. In addition, where possible, the provision of examples of some marketed products is made