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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pharm Sci. 2014 Jan 28;57:152–163. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2014.01.009

Table 3a.

Solubility and permeability characteristics of drug substances based on BCS sub-classification.

BCS sub-
classification
Solubility at pH
2
Solubility at pH
6.5
Permeability
I High High High
IIaa Low High High
IIbb High Low High
IIcc Low Low High
III High High Low
IVaa Low High Low
IVbb High Low Low
IVcc Low Low Low
a

With a pKa < 5.

b

With a pKa > 6.

c

With no pKa(s) or pKa(s) < 0 or >8.