Many pharmaceutical preparations, including injectables are lyophilized to preserve their physical integrity and biological activity during storage. Combined with Aerial’s extensive expertise, our experimental freeze-drying laboratory enhances our offerings to the bio-industries.
The Louis Rey Freeze-Drying Laboratory specializes in the formulation and development of freeze-drying protocols for therapeutic and diagnostic products.
Our activities include
Formulation
Implementing optimized approaches, studying interactions, and refining freeze-drying recipes.
Laboratory Analysis
Conducting thermal characterization of pre-lyophilization formulations and determining critical temperatures (total solidification, glass transition, eutectic, collapse).
Freeze-drying lab
Process Development
Developing and optimizing freeze-drying processes, scaling up, and characterizing lyophilisates (residual moisture, stability, container/content interactions, etc.).
Radiosterilization
Providing inter- and intra-company theoretical and practical training, along with expert technical and scientific assistance.
Training & Support
Applying Gamma, X, or electron beam irradiation to freeze-dried products in compliance with international standards for sterilization dose validation.
Our ressources
A pilot freeze dryer in an ISO7 environment (Telstar Lyobeta 25)
Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), lyomicroscope, and BET equipment
Collaborative access to Aerial’s associated laboratories in microbiology, physico-chemistry, and dosimetry