Development of olanzapine solid dispersion by spray drying technique using screening design for solubility enhancement.

Introduction: Olanzapine (OLZ) is a psychotropic class drug commonly used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and acute manic episodes. It has less water solubility, resulting in a slow dissolution rate and oral bioavailability. Therefore, the development in oral dosage forms is required to enhance the drug solubility.

Screening of process variables to enhance the solubility of famotidine with 2-HydroxyPropyl-β-Cyclodextrin & PVP K-30 by using Plackett-Burman design approach.

In the present work, inclusion complex of famotidine (FMT) was prepared with (2-HydroxyPropyl)-β-Cyclodextrin (HP-β-CyD) and polyvinylpyrrolidone K-30 (PVP K-30) by spray drying technique to enhance the solubility of famotidine. FMT is a potent histamine H-receptor antagonist having low solubility as well as oral bioavailability. In order to enhance the solubility of FMT, a quality by design (QbD) approach has been used by employing Plackett-Burman design (PBD).