COPROCESSED EXCIPIENTS-PREPARATION AND FUNCTIONALITIES

With the advancements of tablet manufacturing techniques, the urge to develop and produce high, multifunctionalexcipients have been increased to meet the set of functionalities. The functionality of the coprocessed excipientsenhances the manufacturing process and as well improves quality,performance of tablets.Coprocessed excipients aredefined as the mixture of two or more than two excipients that possess specific potential advantages which cannot beproduced by simple physical mixing of same combination of excipients.The aim of this review is to focus on advantages,preparation methods of coprocessed excipients. Coprocessing is a technique, where these compendial or noncompendial excipients are modified physically in a special way without changing their chemical structure.This reviewarticle discusses the need for developing coprocessed excipients, advantages of coprocessed excipients, differentmethods of preparation of coprocessed excipients and functionalities of coprocessed excipients