Pharmaceutical Continuous Manufacturing: Then and Now

Dear Colleagues,

The pharmaceutical industry is constantly evolving towards more effective and personalized therapies. The manufacture plays an important role in the innovation strategy; however, the pharmaceutical industry has tended to innovate slower than other chemical industries, and therefore many of the technologies still operate with conventional batch processes. To remain competitive in the efficiency and constant quality of active pharmaceutical ingredients and end-products, several challenges remain and further research is needed on flow manufacturing processes. This Special Issue aims to highlight new research approaches and recent advances in continuous unit operations or in the development of end-to-end systems, e.g., based on process intensification, the development of process system engineering tools, or on-line control techniques for process analytical technology. Thus, we are pleased to invite you to submit articles covering the different aspects of pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing: synthesis in flow, mixing, powder blending, crystallization, purification (distillation, extraction, washing, etc.), filtration, drying (spray drying, freeze drying, etc.), shaping (milling, granulation, tableting, etc.), on-line control technologies, optimization and modelling of processes, supply chain, etc.

Dr. Mallorie Tourbin
Guest Editor

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