Common Challenges and Solutions
The Challenge: Historic practices for producing compounds required significant hands-on time beyond weighing of material. Procedures such as wetting out API, milling/mixing by hand, or using and cleaning a three roll mill take significant amounts of valuable time, while producing inconsistent results.
The Solution: The programmable nature of the FlackTek™ paired with no equipment cleaning between batches creates a significant increase in efficiency. Our single use containers meet USP 800 requirements, streamlining workflow in the lab. Proper mixing profiles and material processing tips and tricks can eliminate the need for using a three roll mill and other processing equipment in the lab.
The Challenge: Improper mixing can lead to gritty and aerated final formulations.
The Solution: Proper material processing in a FlackTek™ leads to smooth, grit free topical applications that are void of air, easy to dispense and smooth to the touch. These materials meet the pharmaceutical elegance that formulators seek to achieve, and our technical experts can help you solve these pesky issues.
The Challenge: Repeatable homogenzation of powders and other formulations.
The Solution: The FlackTek™ evenly homogenizes powder-in-powder triturates, ranging from 1:10 to 1:1000 dispersions. Typical powder/powder mixes can range from seconds to minutes, decreasing working time while removing batch to batch variability. Formulators can achieve this trituration in one step, or by using geometric dilutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can the FlackTek™ be used for the production of solid dosage forms, such as tablets or capsules?
Yes, it can be utilized in the development of granules, powders, or pre-blends that serve as intermediates for solid dosage forms.
The FlackTek™ is suitable for various pharmaceutical materials, including active ingredients, solvents, cocrystals, polymers, resins, and more.
Are there options that make the dispensing of pharmaceutical materials easier?
Yes, the SpeedDispenser™ is specifically designed to improve the transfer process by mixing directly within the dispensing container. By incorporating the SpeedDispenser™ alongside a FlackTek™ mixer, pharmaceutical manufacturers can benefit from a comprehensive solution that covers both efficient mixing and precise dispensing, ensuring accuracy and consistency in their pharmaceutical formulations.
Can FlackTek assist in the development of new pharmaceutical formulations or drug delivery systems?
Absolutely! The FlackTek™ is an ideal tool for formulation development, enabling efficient and repeatable blending of active ingredients, excipients, and polymers to create innovative pharmaceutical formulations or drug delivery systems.
The FlackTek™ can also be used in vaccine production, efficiently blending components to ensure homogeneity and consistency. The quick mixing abilities also allow for rapid R&D with repeatable results that vaccine research and production require.