For tablets made by roller compaction the relationships between formulation composition, manufacturing conditions and in-vitro performance were examined. Two filler materials with different characteristics were studied. During tablet production, two main stresses are experienced by a material. The first stress occurs during granulation and the second stress during tableting. These stresses were investigated in terms of the tablet properties and disintegration behaviour. Roller compaction granulation, a continuous dry granulation process, was used to produce granules. The granules were then compacted using varying tableting stresses. The tablets were characterised by their porosity and tensile strength (i.e. compactibility), and were also examined using X-ray to determine the internal tablet structure. The tablet internal structure indicated that the final tablet compactibility was dependent on the RC stress used, which governs the consequent granular properties. The granular material is then affected by the tableting stress used Publications Journal papers: The effect of roller compaction and tableting stresses on pharmaceutical tablet performance, A