Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: The Evolution of Tablet Coating Technologies

https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/Pharmaceutical-Manufacturing-The-Evolution-of-Tablet-Coating-Technologies.aspx Tablets were first developed in the mid-1850s, during which sugar coating (SC) was primarily used to improve their surface characteristics and protect pharmaceutical agents from the harsh environment of the gastrointestinal tract. It was not until about a century later that synthetic and semisynthetic polymers began to be used for film coating (FC).