Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8513662 | Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2018 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
A roadmap for the selection of a pharmaceutical salt form for a development candidate is presented. The free base of the candidate did not have sufficient chemical stability for development. The initially selected salt form turned out to be undevelopable because it was unstable during scale-up synthesis and storage. The rationale for the new solid form screening and the criteria for selection are discussed. Before the final selection, the pH solubility profiles of the 2 new salts, a benzoate and a besylate, were compared. Atypical solubility behavior was observed for the benzoate salt in hydrochloric acid with and without normal saline. A scheme is proposed illustrating how the pKas of the counterion and active pharmaceutical ingredient, the medium composition, and final pH affect the solubility and solution equilibria of the 2 selected salt forms. This scheme also includes the equilibria between solution and solid phases in different pH ranges. The pharmaceutical importance of this research is that it sheds light on how the acidity of the counterion can affect the solubility of the selected salt form in the gastric environment. With a well-designed formulation strategy, this property potentially can be translated to optimal biopharmaceutical performance of the drug product.
Keywords
DSCFDAPoorly water solubleXRPDNOELPLMNOAELpKaLC-MSBiopharmaceuticalACNFBEAPIDVSTGAHClAcetonitrilehydrochloric acidUltravioletSolubilityAcetate bufferCitrate bufferphosphate bufferThermogravimetric analysisEquilibriumStabilityIntravenousGastrointestinalRelative humidityFood and Drug Administrationnormal salineFTIRLiquid chromatography-mass spectrometryFourier transform infrared spectroscopySolid phaseSolution phaseActive Pharmaceutical IngredientPolarized light microscopySaltNo observed effect levelNo observed adverse effect levelX-ray powder diffractionDifferential scanning calorimetryhigh performance liquid chromatographyHPLC
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Authors
Yan He, Edward Orton, Donglai Yang,