Glossary
Additive
Additives, or excipients, are substances that are added to the active pharmaceutical ingredients in medicines to promote or support their therapeutic effects.
As their name would suggest, additives are a substance that can be added into the formulation of products and medicines to improve or maintain their existing characteristics. In the pharmaceutical industry additives are known as excipients and are often used as preservatives or diluents.
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