Although lyophilization as a practice of preservation has existed for many years, perfecting the science continues to be a highly sought after objective of parenteral drug manufacturers. The strong ...

Freeze-drying or lyophilization is a process that removes water from a substance. This dehydration process is performed under vacuum while the substance is in a frozen state. Lyophilization technology ...

Heike Kofler, Manager, Technical Customer Support EU, West Pharmaceutical Services, elaborates on why pharma companies are increasingly turning to lyophilising in order to preserve the characteristics ...

Lyophilization is a complex operation used to prepare stable pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products through freeze-drying. During lyophilization, the water fraction of the product is reduced to ...

A technology roadmap aims to drive and consolidate improvements in a process that has remained unchanged for more than 70 years. Lyophilization, or freeze drying, was a crucial development in ...

Lyophilization is widely recognized as an effective method for increasing the shelf life of labile drugs, including small molecule compounds and biotherapeutics. Of the top 100 drugs, ~16% are ...

This course teaches best practices in the design of lyophilization processes for biopharmaceutical products and formulations. The course describes pitfalls to avoid when designing lyophilization ...