Table of Contents

1. Advances in Capsule Formulation Development and Technology 2. An Introduction to Two-Piece Hard Capsules and Their Marketing Benefits 3. Hard Shell Capsules in Clinical Trials 4. Capsule Shell Manufacture 5. Non-Gelatin-Based Capsules 6. Hard Shell Capsule Filling Machines 7. Instrumented Automatic Capsule Filling Machines and Filling Machine Simulation 8. Dry-Fill Formulation and Filling Technology 9. Plug Formation 10. Modeling Powder Filling during Encapsulation 11. Scale-Up and Transfer of Hard Shell Formulations across Machine Types 12. Modified-Release Delivery Systems: Extended-Release Capsule Platform 13. Analytical Testing and Evaluation of Capsules 14. Rheological Aspects of Capsule Shell Excipients and the Manufacture of Encapsulated Formulations 15. Quality-by-Design (QbD) for Capsule Formulation and Process Development: Regulatory Science Relevance, Scientific Case Studies, and Future Challenges

About the Author

Larry Augsburger is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.

Stephen W. Hoag, Ph.D., is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.