Freezing and annealing phenomena in lyophilization

Freeze-Drying/Lyophilization of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 52-81

  Searles, Jim A ^a  

^a Aktiv Dry LLC   (United States)

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