Characterization and Control of Physical Quality Factors during Freeze-Drying of Pharmaceuticals in Vials

Modern Drying Technology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-90

  Andrieu, Julien ^a   Vessot, Séverine ^b  

^a CPE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Freeze drying; Freezing; Glass transition; Ice morphology; Polymorphism; Quality factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856831905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527631667.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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