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.
| May 27, 2027 | $995 registration fee | Register |
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.
Schedule
Day 1 Lectures
• Spray Drying
• Characterization of Spray Dried Powders
• Design of Experiments
Lab Activities
• Spray Drying of GFP
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• Moisture Content Analysis
• Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analysis
• Rheology: Density, Compressibility, and Flowability
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) of Spray Dried Powder*Subject to change
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.