Magnesium stearate, a waxy, lamellar (platy) solid, is a widely used excipient in pharmaceutical technology. Primarily, magnesium stearate is added to a formulation in order to modify compaction ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., July 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patrick C. Okoye was long astonished as to how little information was available to powder technologists and scientists regarding the singular ...

Users on social media claim two factories producing magnesium stearate - a chemical component used in a drug being trialed as a potential COVID-19 treatment - were “blown up at the same time”. The ...

Some of you watch your gluten intake, others avoid artificial colors and sweeteners. Some of you read supplement labels, and others don't. Today I want to teach you about "magnesium stearate." ...

A new Raman spectroscopic method to detect magnesium stearate in powder blends and tablets is described. High-volume pharmaceutical manufacturing requires the use of lubricants to facilitate tablet ...

Granular materials and fine powders are used across various industrial processes and applications. To optimize and control processing methods, these materials have to be characterized precisely.

Using new co-processing technologies, the authors show that it is possible to formulate an 'all-round' excipient. In the past, many efforts have been made to develop a single excipient that ...

Indian pharma bears brunt of trade tensions in West Asia as access to excipients comes under strain: Nandita Vijayasimha, Bengaluru Saturday, May 23, 2026, 08:00 Hrs [IST] Indian ...

Not all vitamin supplements are safe or beneficial for gut health; multivitamins, certain forms of Vitamin B12, and additives like magnesium stearate may cause harm. In fact, some of the most commonly ...