Pharmaceutical Process Engineering (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences: a Series of Textbooks and Monographs)

Book Description

Summarizing fundamental engineering principles and operations critical to converting bulk pharmaceutical products into patient-ready and appropriate drug delivery dosage forms, Pharmaceutical Process Engineering facilitates comprehensive understanding of the practical aspects of drug production in an accessible, step-by-step format. It provides a pharmaceutical perspective on unit operations that improves communication among diverse professionals in the field-from pharmaceutical researchers to chemical and industrial engineers-and fully covers the relationship of pharmaceutical development to the application of key concepts and major unit operations in pharmaceutical engineering.

Features:

* the application of key concepts and major unit operations in pharmaceutical engineering
* principles of heat transfer, mass transfer, and fluid flow
* control of global and local manufacturing environments
* the preparation of sterile materials such as water for injection
* drying, evaporation, and crystallization processes for concentrated drug solutions and solids
* techniques of filtration and centrifugation for collecting or removing drug particles
* particle size reduction, mixing, granulation, and drying methods for capsule and tablet
* the manufacture of biological materials
* and more!

Pharmaceutical Process Engineering makes a noteworthy reference for industrial, research, and clinical pharmaceutical scientists; chemical and industrial engineers; biologists and toxicologists; biostatisticians; analytical chemists; and quality control, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance managers; and serves as an essential text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Contents

1. Fundamentals
* Fluid Flow
* Heat Transfer
* Mass Transfer
* Powders

2. Processes
* Air Conditioning and Humidification
* Drying
* Solid-Liquid Extraction
* Crystallization
* Evaporation and Distillation
* Filtration
* Size Reduction and Classification
* Mixing
* Solid Dosage Forms
* Sterilization
* Bioprocessing


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