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Twin screw granulation as a simple and efficient tool for continuous wet granulation
Contributor(s):: Keleb, EI, Vermeire, A, Vervaet, C, Remon, JP
The modification of a twin screw extruder for continuous wet granulation was investigated. Modification of the extruder setup as well as the screw design allowed the continuous wet granulation of alpha-lactose monohydrate without the need of a wet sieving step. The robustness of twin screw...
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Identifying Critical Binder Attributes to Facilitate Binder Selection for Efficient Formulation Development in a Continuous Twin Screw Wet Granulation Process
Contributor(s):: Vandevivere, Lise, Vangampelaere, Maxine, Portier, Christoph, de Backere, Cedrine, Hausler, Olaf, De Beer, Thomas, Vervaet, Chris, Vanhoorne, Valerie
The suitability of pharmaceutical binders for continuous twin-screw wet granulation was investigated as the pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a switch from batch to continuous manufacturing. Binder selection for twin-screw wet granulation should rely on a scientific approach to enable...
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Continuous twin screw granulation: Impact of binder addition method and surfactants on granulation of a high-dosed, poorly soluble API
Contributor(s):: Portier, Christoph, Vigh, Tamas, Di Pretoro, Giustino, De Beer, Thomas, Vervaet, Chris, Vanhoorne, Valerie
Despite the recent commercialization of several drug products manufactured through continuous manufacturing techniques, knowledge on the formulation aspect of these techniques, such as twin screw wet granulation, is still rather limited. Previous Research Article identified lactose/MCC/HPMC as a...
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Continuous twin screw granulation: Influence of process and formulation variables on granule quality attributes of model formulations
Contributor(s):: Portier, Christoph, Pandelaere, Kenny, Delaet, Urbain, Vigh, Tamas, Kumar, Ashish, Di Pretoro, Giustino, De Beer, Thomas, Vervaet, Chris, Vanhoorne, Valerie
In recent years, continuous manufacturing techniques, such as twin screw wet granulation, have gained significant momentum. Due to the large diversity of the (model) formulations and equipment, it is often difficult to generalize conclusions about the importance of process settings. As only...
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Continuous twin screw granulation: A complex interplay between formulation properties, process settings and screw design
Contributor(s):: Portier, Christoph, Pandelaere, KDelaet, U, Vigh, T, Di, Pretoro, G, De, Beer, T, Vervaet, C, Vanhoorne, V
Due to the numerous advantages over batch manufacturing, continuous manufacturing techniques such as twin screw wet granulation are rapidly gaining importance in pharmaceutical production. Since a large knowledge gap on the importance of formulation variables exists, this study systematically...