Beyond tablets’ physical characteristics: incorporating environmental sustainability metrics into the selection of lubricants for pharmaceutical tableting

• Main Authors: Hadinoto, Kunn, Tran, The-Thien, Cheow, Wean Sin
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Pharmaceutical Lubricants; Life Cycle Analysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162092
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite lubricants' indispensable roles in the production of pharmaceutical tablets. The selection of lubricant for pharmaceutical tableting has been largely empirical, where most tablets are produced using magnesium stearate (MgSt) as the lubricant. Even though many other lubricants (e.g., ino...