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TABLETS & CAPSULES Tablets & Capsules (ISSN 1549-9928 print; ISSN 1938-9159 online) is published by CSC Publishing, Inc, 1155 Northland Drive, Saint Paul, MN 55120. w w w . t a b l e t s c a p s u l e s . c o m April 2019 Volume 17 Number 3 Coating is an important process in solid dosage pharmaceutical m a n u f a c t u r i n g f o r m a s k i n g u n p l e a s a n t t a s t e s , a d d i n g color, or controlling a product's dissolution rate. This issue of Tablets & Capsules features a roundup of coaters and coating products as well as articles on how to make your tablet coat- ing process more cost ef cient and flexible and the ways in which lm coatings are helping manufacturers adapt to today's pharma industry trends. We also discuss how several equipment and ingredient suppli- ers have teamed up to help manufacturers tackle clean-label requirements, compare the performance and stability of soft- gel plasticizers, and get an update on recent developments in dissolution testing. COATING Improving cost ef ciency and exibility in tablet coating processes 10 Torsten Meinel-Dirumdam Delivering solutions: How lm-coating technology is addressing modern pharmaceutical industry trends 16 Stuart C. Porter, Kapish Karan, Ronald Hach, and Nicole Mendonsa Issue focus: Coating 24 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Industry helping industry: The Clean Label Alliance and the future of clean label 28 Karina Basso Test & inspection equipment: A survey of what's available 33 Multilayer tableting: A survey of what's available 35 Eye on Excipients 37 Xavier Parissaux and Olaf Haeusler Back page Cover 3 Vivian A. Gray DEPARTMENTS Research 6 Markets 6 Industry news 7 Industry innovations 40 Calendar 41 Supplier news 43 People news 43 Advertiser index 43 Product update 44 Spotlight on Nutraceuticals 32A (This section appears four times yearly in issues delivered to our nutraceutical readership.)