Hovione is adding new spray drying capacity at its facility in Loures, Portugal, the company has announced. The company says that the new spray dryer, which is designed with the ability to handle highly potent APIs, will be fully operational by March 2016.
According to the company, the additional spray drying capacity is part of a larger program to expand the company’s services to customers. Hovione offers dry powder inhaler formulation development, manufacturing, and devices.
Hovione VP of R&D Filipe Gaspar commented, “We installed this new spray dryer in response to growing customer demand for the technology. Hovione’s leading position in spray drying is built on the experience of over 200 development programs. Thanks to our Development by Design approach we can develop a process and scale it up to a commercial batch size in a matter of weeks using a minimum quantity of API.”
Read the Hovione press release.
