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Insights in Lyophilisation European Seminars Announced by SP Scientific

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In response to customer demand - SP Scientific has announced that it will bring its popular LyoLearn educational seminars in freeze drying techniques, to Europe, in May 2012.

Drawing upon leading international experts including Dr Henning Gieseler of Gilyos GmbH and Dr Michael Pikal of the University of Connecticut - 'Insights in Lyophilisation: Current Best Practices & New Research Trends' will provide an informed introduction to practical aspects of freeze drying and new freeze drying trends on the horizon.

This series of one-day seminars to be held in Basle, Stockholm and Amsterdam will provide the novice with a basic freeze drying overview and the expert with up-to-date information on a wide range of topics of interest to the lyophilisation scientist.

Scheduled question and answer sessions will provide attendees with the opportunity to have their own specific questions and concerns addressed.

The seminar morning session will cover basic principles of freeze-drying.  Topics covered will include formulation design, physicochemical characterization and corresponding analytical procedures, the freezing step, primary drying and secondary drying.

The afternoon session will focus upon new research trends in lyophilisation.

Topics covered will include the current state of controlled nucleation in freeze drying, optical coherence tomography based freeze drying microscopy, specific surface area measurements, quality by design, scale-up and new insights into heat transfer characteristics of tubing and molded vials.