An engineering study on the enhanced control and operation of continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical tablets via roller compaction

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 438, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 307-326

  Singh, Ravendra ^a   Ierapetritou, Marianthi ^a   Ramachandran, Rohit ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous processing; Pharmaceutical; Process control; Roller compactor; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DISSOLUTION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; FLOW RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET FORMULATION; WEIGHT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84867403382     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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