Active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production involving continuous processes - A process system engineering (PSE)-assisted design framework

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-456

  Cervera Padrell, Albert E ^a   Skovby, Tommy ^b   Kiil, Soren ^a   Gani, Rafiqul ^a   Gernaey, Krist V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Active pharmaceutical ingredient; Continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing; Continuous processes; Design framework; Methodology; Microfluidic

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ARTICLE; COST; DISTILLATION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; MICROFLUIDICS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS SYSTEM ENGINEERING; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; PURIFICATION; REACTOR; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FERMENTATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOLVENTS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84867864049     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: 18733441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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