Title
In vitro biopharmaceutical equivalence of 5-mg glibenclamide tablets in simulated intestinal fluid without enzymes
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Asociación Peruana de Inmunogenómica y Medicina Personalizada
Colegio Químico Farmacéutico Departamental de Lima
Publisher(s)
Dissolution Technologies Inc
Abstract
This research evaluated the biopharmaceutical equivalence in vitro of three brands of glibenclamide 5-mg tablets (reference, brand name, and generic drugs) from Lima, Peru following the guidelines of the Biopharmaceutical Classification System (BCS). Glibenclamide is a BCS class 2 drug. Quality control parameters were evaluated including hardness, weight, friability, and drug content (hardness: 2.6–2.8 kg-f; weight [mean ± SD]: 103.3–109.8 mg ± 0.27–0.53; friability: 0.19–0.55%; content: 100.65–103.3%). To assess dissolution, apparatus 2 was used at 75 rpm, 900 mL of dissolution medium (37 ± 0.5 °C) at pH 6.8; simulated intestinal fluid without enzymes was used as the dissolution medium. Samples (5 mL) were withdrawn at 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, 60, and 90 min and analyzed at 300 nm in a UV spectrophotometer. Dissolution percentages were 52.79–59.78% at 15 minutes, 59.78–64.54% at 30 mins, 79.64–85.13% at 60 min, and 98.33–99.92% at 90 min. Based on the similarity factor (f2), the dissolution profiles of the brand name (66.61) and generic (70.10) drugs were considered similar to the reference drug (i.e., f2 50–100). Dissolution efficiency was greater than 70% and mean dissolution time exceeded 30 min (p > 0.05). According to the similarity factor and dissolution efficiency, the brand name and generic drugs are biopharmaceutical equivalents in vitro with the reference drug at pH 6.8, with a percentage difference < 5%. However, glibenclamide tablets cannot be exempt from relative bioavailability studies because they did not release at least 85% of the drug within 30 minutes.
Start page
1
End page
12
Volume
28
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nutrición, Dietética Farmacología, Farmacia Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103011993
Source
Dissolution Technologies
ISSN of the container
1521298X
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