LyoHUB offers a free Lyo 101 online course

LyoHUB offers NEW Short Course on Pharmaceutical Freeze Drying, “Freeze Drying:  Principles and Practice”

The curriculum for this new course was designed by Dr. Steven Nail and Drew Strongrich, Research Scientist at LyoHUB.

Following completion of the "Freeze Drying: Principals and Practice" course, students will be able to:

• Identify and describe the three fundamental phases of the freeze-drying process.
• Outline key unit operations, processes, equipment, and process monitoring methods associated with the lyophilization of parenteral products.
• Describe product critical quality attributes, how they are measured, and the roles they play in short and long-term stability.
• Provide a broad overview of an approach to developing and optimizing a freeze-drying process, including the use of mathematical models for common formulations and containers.
• Discuss common deficiencies in the development and manufacturing of freeze-dried pharmaceuticals and provide information on current best-practices in industry.

Continuing Education Credit Available.

For more information and enrollment, visit http://www.eventreg.purdue.edu/online/lyophilization. 

In a two-year technology roadmapping process, LyoHUB identified an unmet need for online educational programs in pharmaceutical lyophilization. In order to meet this need, LyoHUB has awarded a grant for the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) to develop an online lyophilization course. Operators, scientists and engineers with limited lyophilization experience are the target audience; however, some components are accessible to non-technical personnel.

This self-paced course features Eight video modules presenting an introduction to pharmaceutical lyophilization (Lyo 101) created by identified industry experts (listed below).

• Introduction to pharmaceutical lyophilization (Elizabeth Topp, Purdue University)
• Overview of the lyophilization process (Arnab Ganguly, IMA Life)
• Production lyophilizers (Alina Alexeenko, Purdue University)
• Quality attributes of lyophilized products (Akhilesh Bhambani, Merck)
• Glass transition temperature (Akhilesh Bhambani, Merck)
• Freezing (Greg Sacha, Baxter)
• Primary and secondary drying (Ehab Moussa, AbbVie)
• Graphical design space (Steve Nail, Baxter)

Also included is a virtual laboratory exercise in pharmaceutical lyophilization which was recorded in the LyoHUB Demonstration Facility at Purdue University.

Each of the (8) modules contains an assessment tools that evaluate student performance and quality of course content.

With over 850 course completions, this project is helping educate and train a world-leading workforce in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.  

This course is offered free and available to all. LinkedIn Certification is available for those successfully completing the course. 

To take this course, click HERE or visit LyoHUB.org.