Author:
Soni Mahesh S.,Pawar Atmaram P.,Bothiraja Chellampillai,Gaikwad Vinod L., ,
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to highlight the discriminations if any, between the quality of low and high-cost medicines, which would help to select the right brand of medicine. In the present work, brands of medicines having high, medium, and low prices containing either of biopharmaceutical classification system class-II or class-IV drugs were comparatively evaluated for different pharmacopoeial standards as well as for biopharmaceutical classification system solubility and permeability. An ex vivo permeability test was carried out using a simple and non-invasive everted gut sac technique. Insignificant variation in pharmaceutical quality and permeability of the tested three types of brands was observed; however, the study could not consider the state of quality assurance facilities and parameters used while manufacturing these medicines. The study will help to make aware and assure medical and pharmacy practitioners and consumers for the selection of quality quality generic medicines.
Publisher
Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association (IDMA)
Subject
Drug Discovery,Pharmaceutical Science,Pharmacology
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