Leistritz Extrusion will host the 2024 Life Science Twin Screw Extrusion Workshop, December 11 to 12, 2024. Classroom sessions are conducted at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, Austin NW, Arboretum Area. Extrusion demonstrations and facility tours take place at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. Transportation is provided to and from the laboratory demonstrations and tours.
Program Agenda
This program is subject to change.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Day One
Classroom Sessions
Twin-screw extrusion theory and design
-
Compounding process techniques to achieve dispersive and/or distributive mixing
-
Sequencing of multi-stage process operations
-
Single-screw extrusion compared to twin-screw extrusion
-
Upstream material handling and metering techniques and equipment
-
Die and downstream systems to extrude dosage forms and multi-functional parts
-
Foaming, coextrusion and atypical processes
-
R&D and scale-up techniques
-
Multi-functional medical devices, i.e., bone screws and sutures
-
How to measure drug solubility and diffusivity
-
PLGA- and EVA-based implants
-
Alternative polymers and excipients
-
Unique, atypical extrusion systems
-
Process control, physicochemical properties, and drug release properties of melt-extruded implants
Lunch and DInner Reception
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Day Two
Interactive Demonstrations
-
Various twin-screw extrusion systems
-
nano-scale processing
-
Extrusion of dexamethasone implant
-
EVA coextrusion
-
Measuring drug solubility and diffusivity in polymer
Lunch
Workshop Adjournment at 3pm
In addition to Leistritz Extrusion USA staff, the following industry experts will contribute to the program:
Daniel Treffer, MeltPrep
Daniel is the CEO and Founder of MeltPrep, a company that manufactures a micro-scale compounding, extrusion and molding device that allows mg scale screening of new and novel implant formulations.
Tony Listro, Sever Pharma Solutions
A graduate of the prestigious UMass Lowell Polymer Engineering program, Tony possesses 30+ years of melt extrusion experience in the successful development and manufacturing of polymer-based delivery systems, including but not limited to implants and intra-vaginal rings.
Feng Zhang, University of TX Austin
Extensively published, Feng is the co-editor of the textbook Pharmaceutical Extrusion Technology, recognized as the seminal publication on the subject. UT research has focused on formulation, processing, and characterization of melt-extruded implants, and modeling of melt extrusion for preparing amorphous solid dispersions to enhance bioavailability.
George Yang, Ashland Specialty Ingredients
George has 15+ years research experience in polymer science and processing, extensive hands-on experience in characterization, protocol development, translating laboratory techniques to scale-up and troubleshooting.
Register Now!
