Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge Hiltrud Lindenblatt, PhD and senior scientist of life-cycle management CMC management at Merck KGaA,
for providing the gentamicin sulphate.
Henning Gieseler* is an assistant professor and group leader in the Freeze-Drying Focus Group, Division of Pharmaceutics, University of Erlangen
(Germany) and managing director of Gilyos GmbH, 15 Friedrich-Bergius-Ring, Wuerzburg, Germany, 97076, tel. +49 931 907 05678,
info@gilyos.com
. Susanne Hibler is a graduate student in the Freeze-Drying Focus Group, Division of Pharmaceutics, University of Erlangen.
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed.
Submitted: 22 Mar. 2012; Accepted 23 Mar. 2012.
CITATION: When referring to this article, please cite it as "Henning Gieseler And Susanne Hibler, "Freeze-Drying Process Optimization
for a Small Molecule," Pharmaceutical Technology,
36(6) (2012).
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