Granulation course
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29th - 30th June 2015
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 | Prof. Agba Salman, University of Sheffield |
| 2. Introduction to Granulation | Prof. Gavin Reynolds, AstraZeneca |
| 3. Wet High Shear Granulation Regime Map | Dr Ian Gabbott, AstraZeneca |
| 4. Batch granulation: Process and Formulation Variables | Prof. Agba Salman, University of Sheffield |
| 5. Continuous Processing in the Pharmaceutical Industry | Claire Tridon, GSK |
| 6. Material Science for Powders | Dr Gerhard Niederreiter, Nestle Research |
| 7. Product & Process Design | Dr Dave Doughty, Hallidex |
| 8. Measuring, Analysing and Modelling Particle Size | Prof. Gavin Reynolds, AstraZeneca |
| Practical sessions | |
|---|---|
| 1. Roller compaction | Manfred Felder, Alexanderwerk |
| 2. Extrusion: Spheronisation | Dr Csaba Sinka, University of Leicester |
| 3. Batch Granulation |
Dr Bob Sochon, GSK Sonja Jeßberger, EIRICH GmbH & Co KG |
| 4. Tabletting | Dr Vikram Chouk, Addivant Global Technology |
| 5. Finished product characterisation | Dr YuenSin Cheong, P&G |
| 6. Continuous granulation |
Riyadh Al-Asady, University of Sheffield Mohammed Saleh, University of Sheffield |