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Insights from a Thermodynamic Study and Its Implications on the Freeze-Drying of Pharmaceutical Solutions Containing Water and tert-Butyl Alcohol as a Cosolvent

Jee-Ching Wang, Roberto Bruttini and Athanasios I. Liapis
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology May 2019, 73 (3) 247-259; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2018.009209
Jee-Ching Wang
1Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 100 Bertelsmeyer Hall, 1101 North State Street, Rolla, Missouri 65409-1230; and
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Roberto Bruttini
2Criofarma-Freeze Drying Equipment, Strada del Francese 97/2L, 10156 Turin, Italy
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Athanasios I. Liapis
1Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 100 Bertelsmeyer Hall, 1101 North State Street, Rolla, Missouri 65409-1230; and
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