Essentials of Spray Drying and Powder Analysis
Spray drying is used in pharmaceutical manufacturing to rapidly remove solvent from drug products to improve stability and enable additional routes of administration. In this one-day hands-on course, you will learn the principles of spray drying and dried powder analysis. Specific concepts such as atomization, heat transfer, material characterization, and critical parameters for process optimization will be presented.
Gain hands-on experience in the operation of laboratory scale spray drying equipment (Buchi B-290) and strategies for process optimization. This course will cover the basic quality attributes of spray dried powder and the assays used to measure them. Lab sessions will include moisture analysis, particle size and morphology measurment, and powder rheology.
This course can be paired with Introduction to Biopharmaceutical Lyophilization for a complimentary overview of additional drying techniques.
| Dates | Course | Cost | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12-13, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence in FDA-Regulated Manufacturing: From Foundations to Implementation | $1,500 | Register |
| May 20–21, 2026 | Hands-On Essentials of Automation for Biomanufacturing | $2,050 | Register |
| May 27–29, 2026 | Preparative Chromatography Column Packing: Lab to Process Scale | $2,500 | Register |
| June 3–4, 2026 | Applied Cleaning Validation Practices: A STERIS Master Class | $2,000 | Register |
| June 9–10, 2026 | Introduction to Biopharmaceutical Lyophilization | $1,975 | Register |
| June 11, 2026 | Essentials of Spray Drying and Powder Analysis | $995 | Register |
| June 16–18, 2026 | Fundamentals of Mammalian Cell Line Development | $3,100 | Register |
| June 23–25, 2026 | Biopharmaceutical Assay Essentials | $3,100 | Register |
| June 23–25, 2026 | Fermentation Engineering | $3,100 | Register |
| June 30–July 2, 2026 | Hands-On Principles of mRNA Technology | $2,500 | Register |
| July 8–10, 2026 | Downstream Biopharmaceutical Processes: Fundamentals and Design | $3,100 | Register |
| July 14–16, 2026 | AAV Quality Attributes: Theory and Practice | $2,975 | Register |
| July 14–17, 2026 | Hands-On cGMP Biomanufacturing Operations | $4,200 | Register |
| July 28–31, 2026 | Hands-On Biomanufacturing of Vectors for Gene Therapy | $4,500 | Register |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Design of Experiments for Biomanufacturing | $500* | Register |
| Sept 29–Oct 1, 2026 | Cell Culture Engineering | $4,200 | Register |
| Oct 13–16, 2026 | Applied Principles and Techniques of Depth Flow Filtration (DFF) and Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) for BioPharm Purification | $3,995 | Register |
| Nov 10–12, 2026 | PAT for Real-time Culture Monitoring and Closed-Loop Process Control | $2,975 | Register |
| November 12-19 | Microbial Contamination Control in Bioprocessing Operations | $2,975 |
Register by May 27
Attend and you will learn
- Basic principles of spray drying
- To identify how drying process parameters affect the final dried product
- To characterize critical material temperatures using differential scanning calorimetry
- To evaluate final product quality using moisture analysis, particle size analysis, and other analytical techniques.
Delivery methods
40% Lecture
60% Hands-on lab experience
Course content
6 hours of instruction
Who should attend
Anyone looking for an introduction to biopharmaceutical drying technologies and dried product quality analysis. This course is suitable for a wide audience including those in manufacturing, process development, research, sales, marketing, or managerial roles.