An X-ray amorphous mixture of carbamazepine and indomethacin transforms upon annealing to produce a novel 1:1 cocrystal, whose structure has been determined from laboratory powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data. Carbamazepine (CBZ; Fig 1) crystallises in five known 65 method, CBZ:IND is detectable by PXRD after ca. 48hrs storage at 25°C and the characteristic CBZ:IND peaks continue to grow in intensity and sharpen with time as crystallization proceeds.

The crystal structure of an indomethacin-nicotinamide (1:1) co-crystal produced by milling has been determined from laboratory powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data. The hydrogen-bonding motifs observed in the structure represent 65

Polyvinylpyrrolidone is widely used in tablet formulations with the linear form acting as a wetting agent and disintegrant, whereas the cross-linked form is a superdisintegrant. We have previously reported that simply mixing the commercial cross-linked polymer with ibuprofen disrupted drug crystallinity with consequent improvements in drug dissolution behavior. In this study, we have designed and synthesized novel cross-linking agents containing a range of oligoether moieties that have then been polymerized with vinylpyrrolidone to generate a suite of novel excipients with enhanced hydrogen-bonding capabilities. The polymers have a porous surface and swell in the most common solvents and in water, properties that suggest their value as disintegrants. The polymers were evaluated in simple physical mixtures with ibuprofen as a model poorly water-soluble drug. The results show that the novel PVPs induce the drug to become "X-ray amorphous", which increased dissolution to a greater extent than that seen with commercial cross-linked PVP. The polymers stabilize the amorphous drug with no evidence for recrystallization seen after 20 weeks of storage.

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