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Sotax Solutions for pharmaceutical testing

Sotax Solutions for pharmaceutical testing
Providing high-quality testing solutions for pharmaceutical dosage forms such as tablets has been the expertise and passion of the SOTAX Group for more than 40 years. Strongly committed to local service and driving innovation, the company is proud to be the preferred choice of pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The SOTAX Group is an international leader in the development and manufacturing of equipment for dissolution testing, automated sample preparation, and physical testing of pharmaceutical dosage forms. With a global network of service engineers, the company is also a trusted provider of installation, maintenance, repair, and qualification services for both its brand products – the SOTAX brand and the Dr. Schleuniger® Pharmatron brand.

Under the SOTAX brand, the company group develops and manufactures equipment for dissolution testing and automated sample preparation.

The SOTAX brand is known for having pioneered the USP 4 flow-through dissolution testing method and for being the industry’s benchmark brand for fully automated dissolution testing solutions since 1993. In addition to its existing products, SOTAX introduced the revolutionary new Xtend™ dissolution testing product line in 2014.

SOTAX automated instruments are processing hundreds of thousands of dissolution tests and samples for assay and content/blend uniformity in laboratories worldwide every day.
Automated Sample Preparation
For Content Uniformity, Blend Uniformity, Potency, and Related Substances Testing
Hardness Testing Sotax
Solutions to test the physical properties of tablets, capsules and other solid dosage form.
Hardness Testing Pharmatron
Solutions to test the physical properties of tablets, capsules and other solid dosage form.
Disintegration Testing
Disintegration testing determines whether tablets or capsules disintegrate within a defined period of time when placed in a liquid medium.
Disintegration Testing
Tablet disintegration testers with manual and automatic end-point detection. Bath-less system available.
Tap Density
Tap density tester for EP, ASTM, USP 1 and USP 2 tests. Calculation of Compressibility Index and Hausner Ratio.
Cap Torque
Motorized or manual measuring of opening / closing torque. Ideal for child-resistant bottle caps.
Friability Testing
Single and dual drum friability tester with balance interface. Automatic calculation of percent friability.
Dissolution Testing USP 1, 2, 5, 6
Tablets are classically tested according to the USP 2 paddle method. Swelling or floating dosage forms such as capsules are tested according to USP 1 basket method. USP 5 (paddle-over-disk) and USP 6 (rotating cylinder) are used for transdermal dosage forms.
Dissolution Testing USP 4
To benefit from complete flexibility on media volumes and to reproducibly position dosage forms, the right method is the USP 4 flow-through cell.