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FORMULATION CHEMISTRY:
INTRODUCTION

COURSE CONTENT
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Formulation principles
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Microbiology and preservation
Principles and practice of consumer testing and evaluation of products
Labeling and claims
Good manufacturing practices (GMP)
Quality control and assurance

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Legislation, regulations and registration requirements of various consumer
products
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• Problem-solving to develop solutions to improve performance of
customer’s formulations
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• Generating prototypes for Sales and Marketing activities
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• Defining key performance indicators for new products and identify
benchmarks against which to evaluate performance
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• Researching in current government and industry regulations and
keep them in mind throughout the development process
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• Conducting patent searches when necessary to both aid in
development and avoid property infringement
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Formulation chemistry…
• Design multivariate studies of different formulations of a particular
product, minimizing the number of replicates while maximizing the
amount of information obtained
• Conduct studies on long-term stability of products
• Help manage clinical trials, pilot studies, and panel tests to compare
reactions of potential customers to proposed formulations
• Analyze results of experimental studies and write reports for both
corporate records and regulatory bodies
• Assist with scale-up from development to production quantities, in
collaboration with chemical engineers and plant production
personnel
• Modify excipients (inactive ingredients) to increase the
bioavailability of low-solubility active pharmaceutical ingredients

Range of services formulators offer
• R&D (foundation of all product innovation)

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QUALITY CONTROL AND ASSURANCE
PILOT / SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURING
PACKAGING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
PRODUCT STABILITY / PACKAGING COMPATIBILITY
TESTING
MICROBIOLOGICAL & ANALYTICAL TESTING
CAPABILITIES
SAFETY TESTING & CLINICAL CLAIMS SUBSTANTIATION
GRAPHIC DESIGN & MARKETING SUPPORT
LEGAL AND REGULATORY ASSISTANCE

What is formulation science
• Only a few degree programs available
that adequately train students for a

formulation position •
Most
formulation scientists are: –Either
self-taught
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have
been
apprenticed under experienced
researchers

Formulation science
• is an interdisciplinary subject involving
knowledge of
–material science
–physical chemistry

–Mixture design: art of arriving at
optimum combination/ correct
proportion of components
• Formulation associated with “recipe”
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• Formulation technology established in the areas
of coatings, cosmetics and food

Formulation chemistry: Definition
• Formulation chemistry deals with
– co-existence of several components in a mixture
– and the combined and simultaneous activity of
individual components
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g colloid and surface chemistry), analysis
– Process technology

• Evolving from empirical to theoretical basis to
understand the relationship between
components and the properties of a formulation

Application areas
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Cosmetics
Detergents
Pesticides
Fertilizers
Perfumes

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Paints
Pharmaceutical products
Adhesives
Lubricants
Solvents
Composite materials
Etc

formulations
• A formulation is a blend of substances prepared
by combining two or more constituents
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e
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blending music ingredients
to make a rich performance
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• Ingredients are chosen for compatibility rather
than reactivity
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– A sustained release formulationis an example for this
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– SYNEGY: 1+1 > 2
– Two or more components in a formulation may act
simultaneously in a synergetic fashion
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higher degree of effectiveness than its individual
components for a particular action or application

– The mixture result in increased activity and performance to
meet a particular action or performance requirement
– For example: Certain drug formulations such as ‘pain killers’
have multiple active ingredients which work better when
administered together
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Like any other developed product, a formulation must be
commercially viable i
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a useful profitable material
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Formulations have structural, functional, stability,
application and aesthetic properties
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– two to several components
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Although no chemical reactions happen in making the
mixture, there may be much chemistry going on to
actually make some of the ingredients e
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chemically
synthesizing a drug before mixing it with water and other
ingredients to make a liquid medicine for oral
consumption
– Otherwise it is perfectly possible for a marketed
product to go on sale without a chemical equation
ever being written down
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