Cimetidine loaded microspheres were prepared by Ionotropic gelation technique with different drug to carrier ratio. All the microspheres were characterized for particle size, scanning electron microscopy, FT-IR study, DSC, percentage yield, drug entrapment, stability studies and for in vitro release kinetics and found to be within the limits. Among all the formulations C10, was selected as optimized formulation based on the physic chemical and release studies. In the in vitro release study of formulation C10 showed 95.35%, after 12h in a controlled manner, which is essential for anti ulcer therapy. The innovator Cimetidine conventional tablet shows the drug release of 96.15 within 1 h. The drug release of optimized formulation C10 followed zero order and Higuchi kinetics indicating diffusion controlled drug release.
