Pharmaceutical Industry
Odor and taste are key parameters in pharmaceutical medicines, and more particularly in oral forms, since they determine palatability, patient acceptability and success on the market.
Alpha MOS proposes solutions to measure and evaluate the odor and taste of medicines for applications in pharmaceutical formulation and pharmaceutical product development:
- Taste masking efficiency testing
- Unpleasant odor masking evaluation
- Bitterness measurement of active principles and new chemical entities
- Taste matching placebo assessment.
Sensory Analysis of Pharmaceutical Products
With Alpha MOS Electronic Tongue & Electronic Nose, the taste and odor of all delivery forms of OTC, RX and generics can be directly analyzed:
- Solution & syrup
- Hard or soft capsule
- Suspension & microemulsion
- Pellet & film-coated tablet
- Chewable tablet
- Immediate/sustained release tablet
as well as chemical compounds (API, NCE), excipients and ingredients (flavors, additives).
Electronic Nose & Electronic Tongue User Testimonials
Major pharmaceutical companies and CRO that are using Alpha MOS Electronic Nose & Electornic Tongue solutions tell about their advantages:
- Bitterness assessment and taste masking in drugs (ASTREE E-Tongue), Bristol Myers Squibb, USA
- Control of flavors used in medicines (FOX E-Nose), Merck & Co, USA
- Taste masking optimization, (ASTREE E-Tongue), Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, London University, UK
- Taste of new formulations (ASTREE E-Tongue), Cardinal Health, USA
- Oral formulation taste and stability (ASTREE E-Tongue), Quintiles, USA
- Off-odors masking efficiency (PROMETHEUS E-Nose), Takeda, Japan
