Used Pharmaceutical Equipment: Things to Consider…
There are many types of used laboratory and process equipment are available on the secondary market. Most of what would be needed for a complete solid-dosage operation. Knowing the process […]
Joint Development with Ashland on Continuous Granulation
For the longest time, pharmaceuticals have been produced using a method known as “batch manufacturing,” which involves a multi-step, lengthy process that uses large-scale equipment. In recent years however manufacturing […]
Contained Tablet Coating Success Story – 1 µg/m3 Containment without an Isolator.
A customer contacted Freund-Vector asking for a requirement to coat tablets on a LDCS-Pro Hi Coater (150L batches) and needed contained loading, sampling and unloading of their tablets. The customer […]
Improving Particle Flow Characteristics Using Roll Compaction
On March 25-26, 2019, Freund-Vector through a joint partnership with Chemische Fabrik Budenheim KG, presented a poster at the 3rd European Pharma Congress in Bologna Italy on “Adjusting the Release […]
Wurster Spray PAT Monitoring by NIR: Calibration vs. PCA Trend Approach
Wurster Spray PAT Monitoring by NIR: Calibration vs. PCA Trend Approach The 3rd European Pharma Congress was held in Bologna Italy, March 25-26, 2019. The European Conferences on Pharmaceutics is […]
Another Coating Success Story – 5% Weight Gain @ 250 mL per Minute/Gun
The purpose of the experiment was to evaluate and compare the performances of different spray guns in various coating processes in a Freund-Vector VHC-5811 55 liter fully perforated coating pan. […]
Answers to Fluid Bed Processors Quiz
Last week Freund-Vector created a short quiz on Fluid Bed Processors on LinkedIn. The purpose of this quiz was to test customer’s knowledge on Freund-Vector’s Fluid Bed technology and processing […]
Coating and Granulation Technology Seminar – 16 Successful Years
For 16 years, Freund-Vector has conducted Coating and Granulation Technology Seminars. These seminars integrate classroom lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions to provide participants an overall understanding of solid dosage granulation […]
Freund Group Introduces Water Activity Meter
The Freund Group seeks to expand its non-pharmaceutical product business and take on new challenges that enable it to contribute to improving the quality of health and life of people […]
NIPTE – 2018 Research Conference Recap
The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE) is a collaboration of academia, industry and other stakeholders using research, outreach and education to improve the way medicines are designed, […]
Pharmaceutical Technology Symposium – Sao Paulo, Brazil
The focus of this symposium was around Enabling Technologies and Innovation within the pharmaceutical industry. During this one-day event, there were presentations on a range of topics around formulation development, […]
Success Story – Tablet Coating @ 250 mL Per Minute/Gun
Last week, Freund-Vector conducted a pilot test to determine if tablets could be coated at 250 mL/minute/gun. After two days of testing on Freund-Vector’s VHC HI-COATER® 60 Coating System, the […]
The Value of Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT)
Are you the one who is responsible for installation and startup at your organization? Are you being told that there cannot be any issues or delays? Wouldn’t it be nice […]
Patent Issued – Process and Product Produced on Freund-Vector’s GXR
This week Freund-Vector and Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) received a patent related to microspheres using Freund-Vector’s Granurex (GXR), the most powerful pellet/powder processor available in the market place. Microspheres composed […]
Basic Batch Coater Operating Parameters and Setup
In the April edition of Tablets and Capsules, Mr. Nick Slater, Freund-Vector’s Senior Process Development Scientist, discusses the qualitative relationships between key parameters when using a perforated pan film coater. […]
Freund-Vector’s Perforated Coating Pans
Starting with the development of the world’s first successful automated film coating machine in 1964, the Freund group has established itself as a global leader in tablet coating systems and […]
High-Shear Granulation Processes: Comparison of Different Methods of Binder Addition on Particle Size and Shape
Freund-Vector’s Process Scientists conducted a study to determine what happens to particle size and shape when different binder activations are used with high-shear granulation processes. This study was done with […]
Creating Enteric Coated Omeprazole Pellets on a Conical Rotor
Is there a solution that could take an existing Wurster process and transfer it to a conical rotor to reduce the processing time and pieces of equipment required to complete […]
Utilization of Starch Micro-Spheres-Facilitate High API Loading in Particles Below 250 Microns
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) layering onto multi-particulate core materials has become an increasingly popular method of drug delivery in the pharmaceutical industry in recent years. The ability to control dosing, […]
Continuous Manufacturing: Alternative to Batch Processing
Most solid dosage drugs are manufactured using “batch” technology, a process where the finished product has been made after many stops and starts in a series of steps. In comparison, […]