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John Barker

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A senior project manager and design engineer working with Caleva for over 20 years
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Small is Beautiful: Miniaturisation in Pharmaceutics

The goal of accelerating discovery, development, and delivery of new products in the Pharmaceutical and allied industries is continual. In recent times significant effort has been made to reduce the scale at which research and development (R&D) is possible.

Opportunities for Mixer Torque Rheometry

Wet granulations are a useful precursor to many solid dosage formulations and as such are widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. Because of the diverse nature of pharmaceutical materials, granulation is often employed as an intermediate process to enhance flow and compaction properties and improve the final product performance. The properties of a wet granule have a critical effect on the...