Shelley C Fan Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry, Drag reduction, Drug Therapy
Zosano Pharma, Inc., 34790 Ardentech Court, Fremont, CA 94555, USA
Shelley C Fan; Zosano Pharma, Inc., 34790 Ardentech Court, Fremont, CA 94555, USA. Keywords: Adverse Drug Reactions,Drug Action,Drug Delivery,Drug Discovery,Drug interaction,Drug Intoxication,Drug Therapy; Drug Transport and Delivery, Emerging Drugs, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmaceutical Design, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics and Drug Design, Pharmacoepidemiological Studies, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Mahmoud Ameri, Shelley C Fan and Yuh Fun Maa
This study assessed the feasibility of determining the water content of the PTH (1-34) formulation coated on a novel transdermal microprojection delivery system, ZP-PTH. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Karl Fischer (KF) titration were used for water analysis.Headspace moisture was determined by internal vapor analysis and a hand-held moisture sensor. The moisture sorption isotherm was established by moisture sorption analyzer. PTH (1-34) API and formulation showed several weight-loss phases in TGA thermograms. Water loss is not a single-phase event, occurring over a wide temperature range. The typical water amount in a single ZP-PTH coated array is below the sensitivity of TGA and KF titration. Combining 20 coated array samples together in a single extract made KF analysis is possi... view moreĀ»