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The objective of this study was to characterise amorphous indapamide (IND) subjected to the physical ageing process by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The amorphous indapamide was annealed at different temperatures below the glass transition, i.e., 35, 40, 45, 65, 75 and 85 °C for different lengths of time, from 30 min up to a maximum of 32 h. DSC was used to characterise both the crystalline and the freshly prepared glass and to monitor the extent of relaxation at temperatures below the glass transition (Tg). No ageing occurred at 35, 40 and 45 °C at the measured lengths of times. Molecular relaxation time constants (τKWW) for samples aged at 65, 75 and 85 °C were determined by the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) equation. The fragility parameter m (a measure of the stability below the glass transition) was determined from the Tg dependence from the cooling and heating rates, and IND was found to be relatively stable (“moderately fragile”) in the amorphous state. Temperature-modulated DSC was used to separate reversing and nonreversing processes for unaged amorphous IND. The enthalpy relaxation peak was clearly observed as a part of the nonreversing signal. Heat capacities data for unaged and physically aged IND were fitted to Cp baselines of solid and liquid states of IND, were integrated and enthalpy was presented as a function of temperature.

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The polylactide-valsartan systems with a mass ratio of 20 : 80, 50 : 50 and 80 : 20 were obtained and characterized by standard Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The isothermal physical aging process of polylactide-valsartan with a mass ratio of 50 : 50 was investigated at the aging temperature of 50°C and 70°C for different aging times. The enthalpy of relaxation values for each of the aging times and for all investigated components were determined experimentally and fitted to the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts equation.