Near infrared and Raman spectroscopy for the in-process monitoring of pharmaceutical production processes

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 417, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 32-47

  De Beer, T ^a   Burggraeve, A ^a   Fonteyne, M ^a   Saerens, L ^a   Remon, J P ^a   Vervaet, C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

In process monitoring; NIR; Process Analytical Technology; Raman

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG COATING; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PELLET; FIBER OPTICS; FREEZE DRYING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETER; TABLET FORMULATION;

EID: 80052185259     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.12.012     Document Type: Review

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