I read a recent article published in the American Pharmaceutical Review titled “A Rational Approach to Development and Validation of Dissolution Methods” by G.P. Martin. In the article author suggested approaches one may take in developing drug dissolution testing methods.
It is unfortunate that the author ignored the current views and literature highlighting flaws of current practices of drug dissolution testing. Not only are the scientific approaches described in the articles are weak, more appropriately inaccurate, but the logical thinking would also not support the arguments presented. For example, it is stated that: