Equipment and Processing Report-12-15-2010

Power ultrasound-mediated crystallization (i.e., sonocrystallization) can offer significant benefits for the manufacture of inhalable drug powders, compared with destructive techniques such as milling.

PharmTech's monthly newsletter, Equipment and Processing Report, reviews the Editor's Picks for the November 2010 edition from Fitzpatrick and Parsec Automation.

Equipment and Processing Report talked to Jonathan Seville, dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick, to find out how positron-emission particle tracking could help pharmaceutical manufacturers gain process understanding.