pharmaceutical manufacturing

Freeman Technology has published a new white paper that describes extensive experimental studies examining the multiple mechanisms that lead to powder caking. Caking is a routinely encountered problem within powder handling applications which compromises productivity and increases waste.

Rigaku Raman Technologies, a leading pioneer of handheld and portable Raman spectrometers, will be showcasing its new generation handheld Raman analyzer for raw material identification (RMID) in booth 1C82 at CPhI Worldwide 2014 (7-9th October 2014. Paris Nord Villepinte, France). Progeny™ (http://www.rigakuprogeny.com) delivers improved performance, ease of use and confidence to ensure the industry’s most accurate and comprehensive range of material identification in a handheld form.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed an efficient ion chromatography (IC) method with on-line sample cleanup for the rapid and sensitive determination of p-toluenesulfonic acid in water-insoluble drugs.

A new £7 million centre at the University of Leeds will lead UK research in manufacturing advanced chemical products.

Quality by Design (QbD) refers to the strategies developed and advanced by the US Food and Drug Administration, the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH), and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP),1-5 based on scientific principles and risk assessment and focused on product and process understanding.














