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Practitioners of both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Japanese Kampo medicine have administered medicinal mushrooms for many centuries for a wide variety of health conditions.

Guest Post: Aloha Medicinals

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Vitamin K2 MK-7 has been marketed to seniors in the context of bone and heart disease. This ‘glass-half-empty’ positioning sells short the potential of this essential vitamin.

Guest post: K2VITAL® Vitamin K2 MK-7: On the Tipping Point for Explosive Growth

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While primary packaging and desiccants are considered a dosage form’s most significant defense from the environment, specialized film coatings such as Opadry® amb II, High Performance Moisture Barrier Film Coating, can provide further moisture protection, as demonstrated in the case study below.

Guest Post: Colorcon A Case Study – Part 2

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The primary packaging of a product allows for crucial protection from outside influences that can impact the safety, quality and efficacy of the product.

Blister Packaging Technical Considerations

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Impact of Moisture Barrier Film Coating on Stability of Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid Tablets

Guest Post: Colorcon A Case Study – Part 1

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Nature has developed and delivered medicinal compounds since the beginning of time, and that it is largely due to mankind’s traditional knowledge and use of such natural remedies that many allopathic medicines now exist

Guest Post: Naturex

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The Expert Panel Review of Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation has highlighted the importance of the provision of safe therapeutic goods to consumers while improving access to therapeutic goods and encouraging innovation.

Regulatory Reforms

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Too often in the world of complementary medicines people are sceptical of the body of evidence which supports its efficacy. It is true that the body of knowledge is imperfect but it is also true that there are many complementary medicines with strong evidence behind them.

Guest Post – ASMI (Australian Self Medication Industry)

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If an uncoated tablet is therapeutically effective, why bother film coating? It’s an added step in production and often considered to be a specialized process requiring significant formulation and regulatory knowledge.

Guest Post: Colorcon

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