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Advancements in Metered-Dose Inhaler Technology: Feasibility of Excipients and Particle Size Prediction
DownloadSpring 2024
Chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are one of the leading causes of death in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 262 million people were diagnosed with Asthma in 2019 alone. Among current drug delivery systems for the...
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Atmospheric Spray Freeze-Drying on Common Biologics and Excipients as a Comparison to Lyophilization
DownloadSpring 2019
Atmospheric spray freeze-drying (ASFD) is an alternative freeze-drying process to conventional vacuum freeze-drying. ASFD involves spray-freezing biologics of interest in a feedstock into a cold freezing chamber. Cold drying gas passes through the chamber at a high flow rate to sublime the water...