Lyophilization is emerging as an effective way to prolong the shelf-life of biologics and to ease their refrigeration requirements, but its process development often requires multiple experiments.

Approximately one-third of the unique biologicals in the FDA’s purple book are lyophilized, according to a recent paper. That includes (in 2020) nearly a quarter of monoclonal antibodies. Trends ...

Freeze drying, lyophilization, and cryodesiccation are all terms used to describe the process of removing water from a sample at low temperature. This low-temperature dehydration process maximizes ...