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On 23 February 2017 the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Act 2017 was amended to ‘simplify the tests used to justify a country of origin ‘made in’ claim’. It included the following updates:

ACCC Update: Australian Made Complementary Medicines

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Halal is an Arabic word that means permitted or lawful in Islam. In relation to consumer goods (foods, cosmetics, medicines, etc.), it simply means permissible to consume.

Halal Certified Products

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Continuous processing is a growing trend in the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industries, and being encouraged by regulatory agencies, such as the FDA.

Guest Post: Colorcon – Moving towards Continuous Manufacturing

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Formulation Design – Tablets

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Many health experts and opinion leaders are starting to call natural astaxanthin “the best anti-ageing supplement available today.”

Guest Post: AstaZine® Astaxanthin “The supplement you can feel”

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Complementary medicines are comprised of a combination of ingredients where the active ingredients are biologically active, and the excipients are ideally inert.

Excipients

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A tablet is a solid pharmaceutical dosage form, consisting of a small quantity of compressed powder.

Tablet Compression

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Flavours are the chemical additions to a base product to offset the harsh tastes or odours from certain ingredients, by covering the “off” notes. Some common tastes that we attempt to rid are: bitterness, a metallic aftertaste and beany notes.

Flavours

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Establishing critical process parameters for a coating process can be a little tricky as in some ways, the coating process is considered an “artform” but using science we can minimize the variables and the defects wherever possible by understanding the various parameters and how they impact the process and ultimately the quality of the final product.

Tablet Coating Basics – Part 2

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