07. October 2017
In the context of continuous pharmaceutical oral dosage manufacturing, a control system is essential to ensure that the critical quality attributes (CQAs) are maintained within the regulatory constraints by mitigating variations generated in upstream operations. Such a system is essential to the Quality by Design (QbD) paradigm shift, which can ensure predefined end quality attributes are achieved within an optimal economic and time bracket. In this work, an advanced model predictive control...
09. February 2017
Abstract Computational modelling of twin-screw granulation was conducted by using an artificial neural network (ANN) approach. Various ANN configurations were considered with changing hidden layers, nodes and activation functions to determine the optimum model for the prediction of the process. The neural networks were trained using experimental data obtained for granulation of pure microcrystalline cellulose using a 12 mm twin-screw extruder. The experimental data were obtained for various...
25. June 2016
Abstract Background Entecavir is an orally administered guanosine nucleoside analog with activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase, which is approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection in adults and children ≥2 years old (USA and EU). Objective To develop simplified entecavir dosing recommendations for young children infected with CHB. Methods Data from recent clinical trials were used to develop a population pharmacokinetic (PPK) model, which allowed us to...