On-Line PAT Applications of Spectroscopy in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Process Analytical Technology: Spectroscopic Tools and Implementation Strategies for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 439-461

  Smith Goettler, Brandye ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

API drying time consuming and hazardous process; Biologics fermentation and freeze drying; Coating benefiting from on line spectroscopic monitoring for understanding and control; Crystallization constituent of chemical reaction; Granulation preparing drug substance and excipient particles for compression; Hot melt extrusion (HME) preparation of drug delivery systems; Nanomilling effective processing option to overcome insolubility; On line PAT applications of spectroscopy in pharmaceutical industry; Powder blending uniformity at appropriate mass scale; Reaction monitoring process monitoring and control of API production

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EID: 79958819972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470689592.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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