Understanding Fluidized-Bed Granulation

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Pharmaceutical Technology Europe

Pharmaceutical Technology EuropePharmaceutical Technology Europe-08-01-2011
Volume 23
Issue 8

This study demonstrates the beneficial use of a spatial-filter velocimetry particle-size analyzer during granulation.

By A. Burggraeve, T. Van Den Kerkhof, M. Hellings, J.P. Remon, C. Vervaet and T. De Beer

The authors incorporated a particle-size analyser into a laboratory-scale top-spray fluid-bed granulator to monitor granule size distribution (GSD) continuously during granulation. A two-level full-factorial design was used to study the influence of several process and formulation variables on the end-product GSD, measured in-line with spatial-filter velocimetry (SFV).

This article was also published in our US sister publication Pharmaceutical Technology and can be read here.

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