Mannitol → Cetirizine

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Cetirizine Dihydrochloride ODT, 10 mg: 903.67 g of taste-masked microparticles and 2418.4 g of rapidly-dispersing microgranules (comprising mannitol and crospovidone at a ratio of 95/5) were blended with 400 g of microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel PH101), 200 g of crospovidone, 64 g of strawberry flavor, and 14 g of Sucralose (a sweetener) in a V-blender and compressed into tablets (13 mm in diameter) with an average weight of 650-653 mg and average hardness of 29-31 N and friability of 0.22-0.39% using a rotary tablet press equipped with an external lubrication system to lubricate the die and punch surfaces prior to each compression to demonstrate robustness of the manufacturing (taste-masking and tabletting) process and a dissolution of 100% (meeting target dissolution specifications of not less than about 75% released in 15 minutes in 0.1N HCl).

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