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Advantages of USP Apparatus IV (Flow-through Cell Apparatus) in Dissolution Studies

I. Singh^a and H.Y. Aboul-Enein^b,*

^aAkal College of Pharmacy and Technical Education, Mastuana Sahib, Sangrur-148001, Punjab, India
^bMedicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division,
National Research Centre, Tahrir St., Dokki-Cairo, 12311, Egypt.

The basic characteristics of the flow-through cell apparatus (USP Apparatus IV) including the assembly and open/closed configuration of the apparatus have been described. The relative advantages of the flow-through cell apparatus over other release setups have been summarized. Finally, potential applications of this setup are presented.

Keywords: Flow-through cell apparatus, USP apparatus IV, Drug dissolution