Effects of vial packing density on drying rate during freeze-drying of carbohydrates or a model protein measured using a vial-weighing technique

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 302-312

  Gieseler, Henning ^a   Lee, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drying rate; Freeze drying; Product morphology; Product resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CRYSTALLIN; DISACCHARIDE; MANNITOL; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PACKAGING; FREEZE DRYING; HEAT TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER LOSS;

CARBOHYDRATES; FREEZE DRYING; MANNITOL; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SUCROSE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TREHALOSE;

EID: 39249084781     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9483-1     Document Type: Article

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