The European GMP conference, Spray Drying- Solutions for the
Pharmaceutical Industry 2008, is taking place from the 3rd to the 5th of
December 2008 in Copenhagen.
The event will give the
participants the opportunity to focus on spray drying technologies and process
and get first hand demonstration of solutions for diverse requirements. The
participants will also get a chance to visit GEA Niro’s Pharma
Test Station, where they will gain insight into managing
different technologies of spray drying with different equipment, including
looking at scale up and handling of highly potent compounds.
Further, benefit from the post-conference course where you can get a
hands-on experience in spray drying yourself. You will learn in small groups
how the spray drying result is affected by different equipment, parameter
changes, solvents etc.
During the event, many interesting speakers will
go through topics like the fundamentals of spray drying, spray drying on
laboratory scale; a risk-based approach to product quality in spray drying and
validation of spray drying processes in production scale among many other
exciting topics. At the Pharma Test Station the visitors will have the
opportunity to see GMP and non-GMP spray drying plants, a spray dryer in action
and how it looks inside and state of the art analytical lab and equipment ...
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The conference is organized by the European
Compliance Academy (ECA). To register for this event or read more please go to
the website www.gmp-compliance.org.
Background
Spray drying is presently one of the most
exciting technologies for the pharmaceutical industry, being an ideal process
where the end-product must comply with precise quality standards regarding
particle size distribution, residual moisture/solvent content, bulk density and
morphology.
One advantage of spray drying is the remarkable versatility
of the technology, evident when analyzing the multiple applications and the
wide range of products that can be obtained. From very fine particles for
pulmonary delivery to big agglomerated powders for oral dosages, from amorphous
to crystalline products and the potential for onestep formulations, spray
drying offers multiple opportunities that no other single drying technology can
claim ... Read more about Spray
Drying