Granulation course
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24th - 25th June 2013
Prior to the conference there was a 2-day Granulation Course, led by experts from the pharmaceutical, food, and detergent industries, designed for those working in industrial granulation or PhD students.
The course comprised a 'hands-on' granulation experience as well as a variety of lectures in order to explain contemporary challenges facing the granulation community.
Course content
| Lectures | |
|---|---|
| 1. Introduction to Granulation | James Cartwright, GSK |
| 2. Wet High Shear Granulation Regime Map | Dr Ian Gabbott, AstraZenenca |
| 3. Batch granulation: Process and Formulation Variables | Prof. Agba Salman, University of 91Ö±²¥ |
| 4. Continuous Processing in the Pharmaceutical Industry | James Cartwright, GSK |
| 5. Powder Characterisation | Dr Gerhard Niederreiter, Nestle Research |
| 6. Mathematical Modeling of Granulation Processes | Prof. Jim Litster, Purdue University |
| 7. Troubleshooting in Granulation Processes | Nigel Somerville Roberts, P&G |
| Practical sessions | |
|---|---|
| 1. Continuous granulation | James Cartwright, GSK |
| 2. Roller compaction |
Manfred Felder, Alexanderwerk |
| 3. Extrusion: Spheronisation | Dr Csaba Sinka, University of Leicester |
| 4. Batch Granulation |
Dr Bob Sochon, GSK James Osborne, Nestle Research |
| 5. Tabletting | Dr Vikram Chouk, Addivant Global Technology |
| 6. Finished product characterisation | Dr YuenSin Cheong, P&G |