https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15222
Process of agglomeration that converts fine powders or granules of bulk drugs and excipients into small, free-flowing, spherical, or semi-spherical units, referred to as pellets.
Notes:
- Pellets range typically between \(\pu{0.5 mm}\) and \(\pu{1.5 mm}\) in diameter.
- The most widely used pelletization processes in the pharmaceutical industry are extrusion/spheronization, solution/suspension layering, and powder layering.