Future Supply Chains Enabled by Continuous Processing - Opportunities and Challenges
Contributor(s):: Jagjit Singh Srai, Markus Krumme, Mauricio Futran, Clive Badman, Craig Johnston
This paper examines the opportunities and challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry in moving to a primarily “continuous processing”-based supply chain. The current predominantly “large batch” and centralized manufacturing system designed for the “blockbuster” drug has driven a slow-paced,...
Contribution of hot-melt extrusion technology to advance drug delivery in the 21st century
Contributor(s):: Tiwari, RV, Patil, H, Repka, MA
Introduction: Hot-melt extrusion (HME) technology is applied successfully in the plastic, rubber and food industry. HME has also emerged as an important technology for drug delivery applications in pharmaceutical Research Article and manufacturing because of its process automation and low-cost...