Beyond freeze-drying of biologics: vacuum-foam drying and spray freeze-drying
[EN] The complexity of biotherapeutics in development continues to increase as our capability in discovery and recombinant technology improves. While safety and efficacy remain the two critical aspects of all therapeutics, ensuring adequate stability is a challenge. Freeze-drying is a commonly-used...
| Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | book part |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repository: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/117401 |
| Online Access: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/117401 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Drying Dehydration Dewatering Emerging technologies Products quality Process control Environmental Evaporation Sublimation Diffusion Energy Intensification Vacuum-foam Vacuum-foam drying Spray freeze-drying Lyophilization Biotherapeutics Stabilization |
| Summary: | [EN] The complexity of biotherapeutics in development continues to increase as our capability in discovery and recombinant technology improves. While safety and efficacy remain the two critical aspects of all therapeutics, ensuring adequate stability is a challenge. Freeze-drying is a commonly-used processing technique to enhance the stability of biotherapeutic products, although the lengthy process time and low energy efficiency have led to the search for, and evaluation of, next-generation drying technologies, including spray freeze-drying and vaccum-foam drying. Both processes result in dosage forms that vary considerably from those produced by lyophilization and possess physical properties that may be deemed superior for their intended applications. |
|---|