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Webinar

Hot Melt Extrusion for Poorly Soluble Drugs

October 6th, 2009 10:00 am - 11:00 am, Eastern Standard Time (New York)
  3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, GMT (London)

Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) is becoming an important technology within the Pharmaceutical Industry as a means for formulating poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (API’s). Additionally, HME provides greater drug bioavailability.

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This Webinar will cover:

  • A review of Hot Melt Extrusion Technology.
  • Modification to the traditional extrusion system for pharmaceutical needs.
  • An economically-feasible continuous process and solvent-free manufacture.
  • The role of polymers and plasticizers.
  • The use of low temperatures to minimize API degradation.
  • Optimization of HME Formulation and Process.

Webinar speakers include:

Dr. Karl Kolter, Ph.D.

Head of Global R&D Project Management Excipients BASF SE, Germany, Pharma Ingredients and Services

Scott T. Martin

Senior Application Specialist
Thermo Fisher Scientific