Spray Drying Opens Doors for Pharma Industry

GEA Process Engineering will be exhibiting at ICSE/P-MEC to promote its GEA Niro pharmaceutical spray drying technology portfolio. Spray drying is rapidly becoming the technology of choice for pharmaceutical manufacturers that need fast, high-volume cGMP drying to achieve free-flowing powders with specific advanced properties.

By providing a high level of control over particle size and molecular characteristics, spray drying allows the commercialisation of previously unattainable delivery methods and the development of new pharmaceutical formulations that would be difficult to achieve with alternative technologies. Improved solubility, controlled release, taste masking and advanced powders with increased bioavailability are all achievable using spray drying. The technology can be applied equally to excipients, APIs or finished drug products and is an integral part of continuous processing for solid dose manufacturing.

GEA Process Engineering’s Pharmaceutical Spray Drying facility in Copenhagen, Denmark, is one of the world’s most acknowledged GMP spray drying facilities and certified for the production of clinical trial materials. The facility is fully equipped with GEA Niro spray drying equipment for product and process evaluation and optimisation and available for contract manufacturing.

GEA Process Engineering also offers single droplet drying. The GEA Niro DRYING KINETICS ANALYZER allows scientists to watch the changing structure of a single particle as it dries and thereby make tests using only a few droplets rather than the several kilos that are required with traditional test equipment.

The demand for high containment technology has increased significantly in the pharmaceutical industry. The new GEA Niro high containment spray dryers provide high personal protection during operation, discharge and cleaning, and they allow pharmaceutical companies to exploit the benefits of spray drying highly potent products.

GEA Process Engineering will bring a GEA Niro MOBILE MINOR spray dryer to P-MEC. The MOBILE MINOR is a laboratory spray dryer used by many of the leading companies working with pharmaceuticals and pharma-grade products worldwide. It is the ideal choice for performing test work and samples, and for establishing the process data required for commercial production.

Company representatives will be available to discuss how working with GEA helps clients exploit the full potential of pharmaceutical spray drying.

Stand 41J72

GEA Process Engineering A/S, +45 3954 5454, gea-niro.pharma@gea.com, www.geap.com.