Freeze-drying/lyophilization of pharmaceutical and biological products /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rey, Louis, May, Joan C. (Joan Christine)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Drugs and the pharmaceutical sciences ; 137.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Glimpses into the realm of freeze-drying : fundamental issues
  • Structural and dynamic properties of bulk and confined water
  • Mechanisms of protein stabilization during freeze-drying and storage : the relative importance of thermodynamic stabilization and glassy state relaxation dynamics
  • Freezing and annealing phenomena in lyophilization
  • Freezing- and drying-induced perturbations of protein structure and mechanisms of protein protection by stabilizing additives
  • Molecular mobility of freeze-dried formulations as determined by NMR relaxation, and its effect on storage stability
  • Formulation characterization
  • Practical aspects of freeze-drying of pharmaceutical and biological products using non-aqueous co-solvent systems
  • Closure and container considerations in lyophilization
  • Advanced glassware for freeze-drying
  • Critical steps in the preparation of elastomeric closures for biopharmaceutical freeze-dried products
  • Development of a new concept for bulk freeze-drying : LYOGUARD® freeze-dry packaging
  • Regulatory control of freeze-dried products : importance and evaluation of residual moisture
  • Freeze-drying of biological standards
  • Industrial freeze-drying for pharmaceutical applications
  • Development of process data in a pilot plant transferable to production
  • Technical procedures for operation of cleaning-in-place/sterilization-in-place process for production freeze-drying equipment
  • Global validation of freeze-drying cycle parameters by using integral HFT systems
  • Lyophilizer qualification : some practical advice
  • Lyophilizer process validation
  • A new development : irradiation of freeze-dried vaccine and other select biological products
  • Some leading edge prospects in lyophilization