A review of monitoring methods for pharmaceutical wet granulation

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 472, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 192-201

  Hansuld, E M ^a   Briens, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granulation; High shear; Monitoring; Pharmaceuticals; Process analytical technologies

Indexed keywords

DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ONLINE MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; WET GRANULATION; ACOUSTICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHARMACEUTICS; PROCEDURES;

ACOUSTICS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; MICROWAVES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84903213690     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.06.027     Document Type: Review

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