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...

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Autores: Langford, A., Balthazor, B., Bhatnagar, B., Tchessalov, S., Hageman, M.J., Lukas, A., Plitzko, M., Luy, B., Ohtake, S.
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/117401
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/117401
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave: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
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Resumo:[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.