Colorcon shows new 'work anywhere' tablet coating at CPHI

Opadry QX is a new tablet film coating, designed to meet the manufacturing flexibility, batch consistency and efficiencies.

Opadry QX, a new tablet film coating, is designed to meet the manufacturing flexibility, batch consistency and efficiencies companies manufacturing across different sites and geographies are increasingly striving for.

"This revolutionary advance greatly reduces production and preparation times, ensuring coating process efficiency and cost savings in all types of equipment, from traditional pans to continuous coating equipment,” says Deborah Taylor, Global Market Communications Manager. “The current market focus is on continuous manufacturing and developments associated with batch consistency and manufacturing process improvements. Colorcon’s goal was to develop an innovative fully formulated system, suitable for fast application and scalable across a range of coating equipment, while still delivering colour uniformity and a high-quality finish."

The system can be applied over a broad range of process conditions and always results in a premium quality finish for tablets, even those containing temperature-sensitive active ingredients. This means that multinational pharmaceutical companies can easily transition the manufacture of drug products across continents, overcoming challenges often met with equipment differences.