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The Biopharmaceutics Classification System is a system to differentiate the drugs on the basis of their solubility and permeability.^[1] Mac driver for zebra gx430t.

This system restricts the prediction using the parameters solubility and intestinal permeability. The solubility classification is based on a United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) aperture. The intestinal permeability classification is based on a comparison to the intravenous injection. All those factors are highly important because 85% of the most sold drugs in the United States and Europe are orally administered^{[citation needed]}.

BCS classes[edit]

According to the Biopharmaceutical Classification System (BCS) drug substances are classified to four classes upon their solubility and permeability:^[1]

• Class I - high permeability, high solubility
  • Example: metoprolol, paracetamol^[2]
  • Those compounds are well absorbed and their absorption rate is usually higher than excretion.
• Class II - high permeability, low solubility
  • Example: glibenclamide, bicalutamide, ezetimibe, aceclofenac
  • The bioavailability of those products is limited by their solvation rate. A correlation between the in vivo bioavailability and the in vitro solvation can be found.
• Class III - low permeability, high solubility
  • Example: cimetidine
  • The absorption is limited by the permeation rate but the drug is solvated very fast. If the formulation does not change the permeability or gastro-intestinal duration time, then class I criteria can be applied.
• Class IV - low permeability, low solubility
  • Example: Bifonazole
  • Those compounds have a poor bioavailability. Usually they are not well absorbed over the intestinal mucosa and a high variability is expected.

Definitions[edit]

The drugs are classified in BCS on the basis of solubility, permeability, and dissolution.

Solubility class boundaries are based on the highest dose strength of an immediate release product. A drug is considered highly soluble when the highest dose strength is soluble in 250 ml or less of aqueous media over the pH range of 1 to 7.5. The volume estimate of 250 ml is derived from typical bioequivalence study protocols that prescribe administration of a drug product to fasting human volunteers with a glass of water.

Permeability class boundaries are based indirectly on the extent of absorption of a drug substance in humans and directly on the measurement of rates of mass transfer across human intestinal membrane. Alternatively non-human systems capable of predicting drug absorption in humans can be used (such as in-vitro culture methods). A drug substance is considered highly permeable when the extent of absorption in humans is determined to be 90% or more of the administered dose based on a mass-balance determination or in comparison to an intravenous dose.

For dissolution class boundaries, an immediate release product is considered rapidly dissolving when no less than 85% of the labeled amount of the drug substance dissolves within 15 minutes using USP Dissolution Apparatus 1 at 100 RPM or Apparatus 2 at 50 RPM in a volume of 900 ml or less in the following media: 0.1 M HCl or simulated gastric fluid or pH 4.5 buffer and pH 6.8 buffer or simulated intestinal fluid.

See also[edit]

• ADME

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abMehta M (2016). Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS): Development, Implementation, and Growth. Wiley. ISBN978-1-118-47661-1.
2. ^'Draft agreement'(PDF). www.ema.europa.eu. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

Further reading[edit]

• Folkers G, van de Waterbeemd H, Lennernäs H, Artursson P, Mannhold R, Kubinyi H (2003). Drug Bioavailability: Estimation of Solubility, Permeability, Absorption and Bioavailability (Methods and Principles in Medicinal Chemistry). Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. ISBN3-527-30438-X.
• Amidon GL, Lennernäs H, Shah VP, Crison JR (March 1995). 'A theoretical basis for a biopharmaceutic drug classification: the correlation of in vitro drug product dissolution and in vivo bioavailability'. Pharm. Res. 12 (3): 413–20. PMID7617530.

External links[edit]

• BCS guidance of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the branch of the federal government that is responsible for overseeing the regulation and safety of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, as well as most cosmetic products, and even some food items. When the FDA gets information that a certain product under their jurisdiction is defective or contaminated, or otherwise has potential negative health implications, the agency may issue a public recall of that item. There are three main types of FDA recalls, and we'll take a closer look at the different classifications in the sections below.

An FDA 'Class I Recall' is the most urgent type of recall that the FDA will issue.

In an FDA Class I Recall, there is significant and immediate danger of death or other serious injury from the use of the product being recalled. Class I recalls are pretty rare, but they should be obeyed as soon as you become aware of them. In the case of Class I Recall, the FDA will develop an individual plan that is specific to the manufacturer and the product involved, to make sure that compliance with the recall is complete and that the recall of the items involved is trackable. The objective here is to be sure that all of the affected items are removed from the market, and from people's homes.

An FDA 'Class II Recall' is an intermediate threat level recall.

A Class II recall is issued where there is no immediate danger of death or other serious injury linked to the product, but the risk of death or a serious injury is still present. A Class II recall is more preventative in nature, but there are still health and safety risks involved. As in a Class I recall, the FDA will work with the manufacturer to help get the word out about the recall, as well as to create a plan to make sure that all of the recalled items are pulled from the market as quickly as possible.

An FDA 'Class III Recall' is the least serious of all recalls.

A Class II recall is typically issued where there is no immediate or perceived danger of any health issues, but where items have been released that are in violation of FDA regulations. An example of a Class III Recall is the 2010 recall of children’s medicines that were potentially contaminated with small pieces of plastic during the manufacturing process.

Legal Claims Over Defective Products

In some cases, a drug or some other product (whether or not it is the subject of a recall) can cause an injury to a consumer. This can happen when the product makes it to the market despite a manufacturing defect, when use of the product comes with unexpected and unforeseeable risks, or when the manufacturer failed to take proper steps to warn consumers of health and safety risks that could come from the product's use. To learn more about defective products and injury liability, see Alllaw's section on dangerous product claims.