
Micro Tablets vs. Pellets
Enteric-coated micro tablets – simple and accurate dosage
Unlike pellets, micro tablets have a uniform shape and the active pharmaceutical ingredient content of each tablet is precisely defined and similar. The advantage: microfilm tablets can be dosed easily and precisely by counting.
Pancreatin pellets – lots of API, small size!
The core of our pancreatin pellets is free of additional excipients and, apart from the coating, consists of 100 per cent active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The advantage: you get significantly more API activity units in one capsule than would be possible with micro tablets. This means that you can work with smaller capsules to achieve the same dosage of active pharmaceutical ingredient units.
Properties of pancreatin pellets and micro tablets
Pellets | Micro Tablets | |
Basic data manufacturing | Extrusion und Spheronisation | Mixing of dried and ground pancreatin with excipients followed by tabletting |
API content (core) | 100 % | Depending on formulation |
Coating | Water based, enteric coated | Water based, enteric coated |
Particle size | Available in two classes: | 2 mm |
Specific activity | higher | lower |
Capsule size | smaller | larger |
Maximum available Lipolytic activity dose / capsule | Up to 40.000/size 0 elongated | Up to 36.000 / size 00 |