In the annals of napkin illustration, continuous drug tablet manufacturing may have only one entry: Fernando Muzzio’s 2003 depiction of a tableting line for Janet Woodcock, then head of the US Food ...

In theory, making biopharmaceuticals 24/7—or close to it—could reduce production costs. Various models suggest switching from batch to continuous mode would cut the cost of producing almost all types ...

Continuous casting remains a critical process in modern steel production, whereby molten steel is poured into a mould and solidified into semi-finished forms such as blooms, billets or slabs. This ...

Continuous twin-screw granulation offers several options for increasing production scale. Thermo Fisher Scientific explains factors to consider in scale-up projects for manufacturing oral solid-dosage ...

Learn how to evaluate excipients for continuous manufacturing in a rational fashion. This webcast will demonstrate the importance of collaboration between pharmaceutical scientists and excipient ...

MKM Mansfelder Kupfer- und Messing GmbH (MKM), Hettstedt, has begun the production of high-purity, oxygen-free copper strip (Cu-OFE). MKM is the only manufacturer in the world with the ability to ...

Continuous manufacturing is finally gaining traction in the pharmaceutical industry, but development of the necessary production technologies is, fittingly, a continuous process. Ultimately, the drawn ...

A photo of technicians working in front of a process train. Novartis's continuous manufacturing center in Basel, Switzerland, replicates an end-to-end manufacturing process developed at the ...

Process Engineering encompasses the analysis, modeling, simulation, optimization, design, control and operation of process systems, from micro-sized systems to huge industrial facilities. Many ...