The objective of the present investigation is to enhance the dissolution and flow properties of raloxifene hydrochloride (RXH), a biopharmaceutical classification system class II drug. Melt dispersion of RXH with polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 was prepared by the fusion method. The melt dispersion was then adsorbed onto a porous adsorbent, Neusilin, by the melt adsorption method. Response surface methodology was employed to establish the design space for formulation variables such as the ratio of RXH to PEG 6000 in melt dispersion and amount of porous adsorbent to melt dispersion. Differential scanning calorimetry, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and accelerated stability techniques were utilized to characterize formulations. Negative Gibbs free energy values indicated spontaneous solubilization of RXH in PEG 6000. The time required for 80% of drug release from optimized formulation was <20 min compared with plain RXH. Accelerated stability studies confirmed the stabilization of amorphous melt dispersion in nanopores (nanoconfinement) of inorganic silicate Neusilin. Melt dispersion, adsorbed on porous carriers, is a promising technique to improve the dissolution characteristic as well as flow properties of drug molecules.
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