INTRODUCTION:As medicines for adults are often not suitable for children, pediatric formulations must be specifically provided. Micropellets and mini-tablets are ideal platform technologies for APIs challenging in terms of solubility and taste, enabling products not only for the pediatric but also for the adult and the geriatric population.
AREAS COVERED:Micropellets offer a great variety of oral drug products, administrations and flexible dosage strengths covering the palatability issue adequately. Dispensed into capsules, stick packs or sachets, micropellets can be directly administered into the mouth, sprinkled on food or dispersed in a liquid allowing for an even broader administration spectrum than mini-tablets. Personalized medicine, including combinations of different APIs and dosage strengths, can be compounded easily.
EXPERT OPINION:To provide pediatric medicines also in developing countries at viable cost, a harmonization of pediatric product development and supply is suggested by WHO's GAP-f approach. Close cooperation between the different stakeholders supports a focused pediatric drug development and supply concept. A specialized pediatric CDMO (PedExpert CDMO) focusing on challenging APIs could mean an important step forward toward the goal 'Medicine for the children of the world.'