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Large volumes only! How continuous manufacturing can benefit pharma

Despite its popularity in the food and chemical industries, continuous manufacturing in pharmaceutical tablet production has not been well adopted. However, there are diverse advantages of this method. Here, GEA assess the specific benefits

Large volumes only! How continuous manufacturing can benefit pharma
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Despite its popularity in the food and chemical industries, continuous manufacturing in pharmaceutical tablet production has not been well adopted. However, there are diverse advantages of this method of production, especially for large volume products. Here, GEA assess the specific benefits of continuous manufacturing for pharma.

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Despite the fact that less well-regulated food and chemical production has long been dominated by continuous manufacturing (CM), pharmaceutical tablet production — until relatively recently — was solely a batch-based process.

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