Comparison between a twin-screw extruder and a rotary ring die press. I. Influence of formulation variables

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Schmidt, Christian ^a   Lindner, Hans ^b   Kleinebudde, Peter ^c  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b Ferring GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrusion spheronization; Moisture content; Pellet properties; Power consumption; Ring die press; Twin screw extruder

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PELLET EXTRUSION;

EID: 0031390395     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(97)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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