Drug-drug cocrystals: Opportunities and challenges

Asian J Pharm Sci. 2021 May;16(3):307-317. doi: 10.1016/j.ajps.2020.06.004. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

Abstract

Recently, drug-drug cocrystal attracts more and more attention. It offers a low risk, low-cost but high reward route to new and better medicines and could improve the physiochemical and biopharmaceutical properties of a medicine by addition of a suitable therapeutically effective component without any chemical modification. Having so many advantages, to date, the reported drug-drug cocrystals are rare. Here we review the drug-drug cocrystals that reported in last decade and shed light on the opportunities and challenges for the development of drug-drug cocrystals.

Keywords: Cocrystal; Drug combination; Drug-drug cocrystal; Physicochemical property.

Publication types

  • Review