Excipient

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

An ingredient intentionally added to the formulation of a dosage form other than an API.  Although excipients are not necessarily inert, the term "excipient" is synonymous with inactive ingredient.

Read more: The Basics About Excipients

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