In this study melting thermodynamic characteristics of clarithromycin and metronidazole as individual substances were investigated by DSC method. It was found that the binary system of clarithromycin and metronidazole is a system with simple eutectic. Composition, melting temperature and the heat of fusion of the eutectic were determined by calculation and experimental methods. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.