Crystal engineering of pharmaceutical cocrystals in the discovery and development of improved drugs

G Bolla, B Sarma, AK Nangia - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The subject of crystal engineering started in the 1970s with the study of topochemical
reactions in the solid state. A broad chemical definition of crystal engineering was published …

Diffusion and flux improvement of drugs through complexation

MKC Mannava, A Garai, AK Nangia - Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2023 - ACS Publications
Improving the solubility and permeability of drugs via cocrystallization is an important theme
in crystal engineering with practical applications for the discovery and development of high …

Opportunities and challenges in mechanochemical cocrystallization toward scaled-up pharmaceutical manufacturing

SN Madanayake, A Manipura, R Thakuria… - … Process Research & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recently, pharmaceutical cocrystals have gained immense interest because of their
potential to tune mechanical, pharmacokinetic, and physicochemical properties of active …

Brij® integrated bilosomes for improving the transdermal delivery of niflumic acid for effective treatment of osteoarthritis: In vitro characterization, ex vivo permeability …

MA Abdelbari, AA El-Gazar, AA Abdelbary… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bilosomes are innovative vesicular carriers containing bile salt with a non-ionic surfactant.
Being highly flexible, bilosomes can squeeze themselves through the skin carrying the drug …

New salts and cocrystals of pymetrozine with improvements on solubility and humidity stability: Experimental and theoretical study

D Wu, J Li, Y **ao, X Ji, C Li, B Zhang… - Crystal Growth & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
For the purpose of enhancing the solubility and humidity stability of pymetrozine (PMZ), a
highly active but nonbiocidal pesticide, new multicomponent crystals were developed based …

Supramolecular nanoprodrug based on a chloride channel blocker and glycosylated pillar [5] arenes for targeted chemoresistance cancer therapy

K Yang, K Ma, M Yang, Y Lv, Y Pei, Z Pei - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A supramolecular nanoprodrug (DOX@ GP5⊃ Pro-NFA) was constructed based on the host–
guest complexation of chloride channel blocker prodrug (Pro-NFA) and glycosylated pillar …

Enhanced solubility, dissolution, and permeability of abacavir by salt and cocrystal formation

X Ji, D Wu, C Li, J Li, Q Sun, D Chang, Q Yin… - Crystal Growth & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Abacavir (ABC) is a carbocyclic 2′-deoxyguanosine nucleoside reverse transcriptase
inhibitor specifically prescribed for the treatment of HIV infection. However, as a BCS class III …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and progress in nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs co-crystal development

I Nugrahani, RD Parwati - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Co-crystal innovation is an opportunity in drug development for both scientists and industry.
In line with the “green pharmacy” concept for obtaining safer methods and advanced …

Tuning physicochemical properties of antipsychotic drug aripiprazole with multicomponent crystal strategy based on structure and property relationship

Y Zhao, B Sun, L Jia, Y Wang, M Wang… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Poor solubility and dissolution property of pharmaceuticals largely limits their bioavailability
and efficacy, and development of a multicomponent crystal is one of the effective …

Cocrystallization of trimethoprim and solubility enhancement via salt formation

Q Zheng, DK Unruh, KM Hutchins - Crystal Growth & Design, 2021 - ACS Publications
Trimethoprim (TMP) is an active pharmaceutical ingredient with poor aqueous solubility.
Here, we describe the cocrystallization of TMP with five co-formers, three bipyridines and …