Active substances in class 2 of Biopharmaceutical Classification Scheme are characterized as poorly soluble water and well permeable, as their poor solubility strongly affects their bioavailability. For the purpose of improving bioavailability, such active ingredients are incorporated, among other things, into orodispersible pharmaceutical forms, which also include oral lyophilisates. It is typical for such pharmaceutical forms that they disintegrate in a very short time in the oral cavity, where part of the active ingredient can already be absorbed and thus avoids first-pass metabolism. The purpose of the master's thesis was the production and evaluation of oral lyophilisates based on enzymatically treated gelatine and the incorporation of very poorly soluble active ingredients (olanzapine and piroxicam) into them. We made lyophilized formulations with 6% and 15% (m/m) of excipients in liquid formulations for lyophilization. We determined the disintegration time of the lyophilizates and evaluated their appearance. We found that lyophilisates made from a liquid formulation with 6% (w/w) excipients are fragile, which limits their handling, while some lyophilisates made from a liquid formulation with 15% (w/w) excipients cracks appeared during the lyophilization process. Formulations with mass ratios of enzymatically treated gelatin: PVP K25: mannitol: glycine = 4: 2: 4.5: 0.5 and enzymatically treated gelatin: PVP K25: mannitol: sodium carmellose = 4: 2: 4.5: 0.5, proved to be the formulations with the appropriate appearance and the shortest disintegration time, both made from a liquid formulation with 15% (w/w) excipients. Using differential dynamic calorimetry, we determined the glass transition temperatures of critically concentrated solutions, which are formed during freezing, and thus confirmed the aggressive primary drying conditions. However, the glass transition temperature of lyophilisates could not be determined due to the low decomposition temperature of enzymatically treated gelatin. Using scanning electron microscopy, we demonstrated differences in the morphology of lyophilisates containing glycine and sodium carmellose. Based on the results of the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method, we can conclude that there is no correlation between the specific surface area and the disintegration time of lyophilisates.
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