LIQUISOLID Compacts: A Novel Approach to Enhance Bioavailability of Poorly Soluble Drugs

At present 40% of the drugs in the development pipelines, and approximately 60 % of the drugs coming directly from synthesis are poorly soluble. The limited solubility of drugs is a challenging issue for industry, during the development of the ideal solid dosage form unit. Liquisolid technique is a novel and promising approach to overcome this consequence. The technique is based upon the dissolving the insoluble drug in the nonvolatile solvent and admixture of drug loaded solutions with appropriate carrier and coating materials to convert into acceptably flowing and compressible powders. The selection of non toxic hydrophilic solvent, carrier, coating materials and its ratios are independent of the individual chemical moieties. The increased bioavailability is due to either increased surface area of drug available for release, an increased aqueous solubility of the drug, or improved wettability of the drug particles.