[Capsule Knowleges] What is Hard Capsule? History of Hard Capsule

What is Hard Capsule?

Hard capsule is a form of drug capsule, whose advantages are accommodating powder formulation, impoving content uniformity, tasting medicine without an unpleasant odor and  swallowing medical powder easily.

 

History of Hard Capsule

Now let us find out the history of the Empty Hard Capsule.

 

Hard Gelatin Capsule

The first empty gelatin capsule was made in the year of 1835 in history, before it, people had to be faced with an annoying problem that taking the medicine powder substances was an exercise in torture. Gelatin capsules, namely gel capsules, made the patients to swallow medicine without the troubles and imporved convenience and effects of powder medicine.

 

Hard Vegetable Capsule

In 1847, Hard gelatin empty capsules in two piece are develped, which made produce of medicine easier and efficient than before.As development in 20th and 21th century, Empty Hard Vegetable Capsules, which were made of hypromellose, were innovated for vegetarians’ consumptations requestment.