Hovione - Spray drying equipment and cGMP facilities

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Spray drying equipment and cGMP facilities

The range and versatility of our production equipment means we can manufacture gram scale quantities for feasibility studies and clinical trials or full commercial scale quantities while guaranteeing the highest standards of cGMP compliance. Our FDA-inspected plants in Europe, the Far East and the United States are fully equipped to meet the challenges of developing and commercializing your drug product.

Spray drying multi-scale

	Lab scale - US - Portugal	Pilot scale - US - Portugal	Pilot scale China
Drying gas	Nitrogen/air		Air
Type of feed	Aqueous/organic solutions, suspensions or emulsions		Aqueous
Fit for injectable/inhalation grade APIs	Yes		No
Nominal drying gas flow (kg/hr)	40	80	3600
Max evaporating capacity (kg water/hr)	1	6	25
Typical Batch scale range (kg)	0.01 - 0.500	0.2 - 20	2 - 200

	Commercial scale
	Portugal		Ireland	Portugal High Potency	China
Drying gas	Nitrogen/air				Air
Type of feed	Aqueous/organic solutions, suspensions or emulsions				Aqueous
Fit for injectable/inhalation grade APIs	Yes				No	Yes	No	No
Nominal drying gas flow (kg/hr)	360	1250	2000	630	2500	3300	4800	5100
Max evaporating capacity (kg water/hr)	35	90	144	45	25	50	100	100
Typical Batch scale range (kg)	2 - 200	10 - 1000	20 - 3000	4 - 200	2 - 200	10 - 1000	20 - 2000	20 - 2000

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