Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmaceutics, Government College of Pharmacy Karad, Satara, Maharashtra, India
Abstract
This chapter introduces the concept of formulation development assisted by computer applications. Development and optimization of various types of pharmaceutical emulsions microemulsions, self- microemulsifying systems, and double emulsions are presented. Illustrative examples are presented to demonstrate the ability of computer-aided tools to facilitate formulation development. Various techniques, such as design of experiments and arti?cial neural networks, are implemented for optimization of the formulation and/or processing parameters. Furthermore, some of the critical quality attributes and processing parameters are optimized simultaneously. The examples presented should serve as the foundation for the future quality- by-design development of pharmaceutical emulsion and (self) microemulsion formulations.