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Tablets & Capsules July 2015 19 Issue focus excipients Excipients Company offers excipients for immediate- and modified-release formulations and technical service and support for development, scale-up, and manufacture of solid dosage forms. Products include Methocel DC2 hydroxypropyl methylcellulose for use in direct-compression and dry granulation applications. Its flowability and other properties ensure consistent tablet weight, hardness, and content uniformity. Starch 1500 pre-gelatinized maize starch functions as binder, disintegrant, filler, and flow aid and has lubricating properties. It can be used in direct-compression blends and in wet and dry granulations. Suglet sugar spheres are used for drug layering; Metho- cel cellulose ethers provide controlled release; and Surelease coatings—aqueous eth- ylcellulose dispersions—mask off-tastes. Colorcon, Harleysville, PA. Tel. 215 256 7700 www.colorcon.com Tricalcium phosphate-guar gum combination Nutra Tab granulated tricalcium phos- phate with guar gum improves com- pressibility of direct-to-press formula- tions, maintaining good flow and disintegration while boosting calcium and phosphorus content. Co-processed excipients' natural guar gum coating provides pleasant mouth-feel to chew- able tablets by masking chalkiness and grittiness associated with calcium excip- ients. Company also supplies A-Tab, Di-Tab, and Tri-Tab di- and tricalcium phosphates. Innophos, Cranberry, NJ. Tel. 609 495 2495 www.innophos.com Sodium bicarbonate Grade 5L sodium bicarbonate com- prises block-like crystals with average size of 300 microns. Crystals allow you to make harder tablets versus other sodium bicarbonates at same compres- sion force; tablets also hold together better and their edges resist erosion. Free-flowing crystals facilitate faster tablet press operation, meet USP-NF and Food Chemicals Codex require- ments, and are certified kosher. Natrium Products, Cortland, NY. Tel. 800 962 4203 www.natrium.com