Effective freeze drying cycle development

A new webinar entitled 'Cycle Development and Scale-Up Issues for Freeze Dried Products, from Small Molecules to Proteins' has been announced by SP Industries Inc., the world leader in laboratory, pilot, and production freeze dryers.

Chaired by Dr Kevin Ward, Director of R&D at Biopharma Technology Ltd. the scope of the November 18th 2009 webinar will be to outline how various methods of formulation characterisation, laboratory scale trials and approaches to robustness testing can contribute to the achievement of a quality lyophilized product that will survive the scale-up process.

SP Industries program of free educational webinars devoted to freeze-drying topics follow a 30-minute format for the presentations with a Q&A session immediately afterwards. Recent webinars are available for free download from the SP Industries website.

For further information on future topics or to register for the November 18th webinar please visit www.spindustries.com/webinar or contact SP Industries on +1-845-687-5303 (+44-1473-240000 in Europe).

SP Industries is a leading manufacturer of laboratory to production scale freeze dryers / lyophilizers, centrifugal evaporators and concentrators, environmental control chambers, thermal control system, glassware washers and dryers. The company sells its products under well-known brands including Hotpack®, VirTis®, FTS^TM and Genevac®. SP Industries has ISO 9001:2000 registered production facilities in the USA and Europe. The company continues to invest heavily in validation and commissioning competencies. With the ongoing requirements of 21 CFR Part 11 and the emergence of GAMP 4, SP Industries is uniquely positioned as a leader in compliance and GAMP 4 commitment.