Development of continuous pharmaceutical production processes supported by process systems engineering methods and tools

Future Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1371-1374

  Gernaey, Krist V ^a   Cervera Padrell, Albert E ^a   Woodley, John M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

continuous manufacturing; microreactors; pharmaceutical production; process developement; process understanding

Indexed keywords

BATCH PROCESS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

DRUG INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84864679756     PISSN: 17568919     EISSN: 17568927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/fmc.12.77     Document Type: Review

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