A comparative study of generic (Jan Aushadhi )and ethical glimepiride

Abstract

Whole of the study tries to evaluate and compare the quality of generic glimepiride with their ethical product as per Indian Pharmacopoeial standards and other validated methods on commonly used type II diabetes drug (Glimepiride). Studies were performed as per Indian Pharmacopoeia 2007. The tests performed for evaluation includes uniformity of weight, In vitro dissolution, disintegration, friability, assay, hardness, thickness. The study revealed that ethical as well as generic glimepiride tablets comply with the standards provide in IP 2007.