PHARMA-SD® Spray Dryer

The comprehensive family of GEA NIRO PHARMA-SD® spray dryers offers the pharmaceutical, biotech, and associated contract manufacturing sectors a versatile, fully scalable line of GMP spray dryers for processing both small molecule pharmaceuticals and biologics.

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Aseptic and high-containment spray drying plants

GEA expertise covers the most demanding pharmaceutical powder applications. In addition to our standardized and customizable GEA PSD systems, the GEA ASEPTIC-SD® spray drying plant has been developed to give you confidence in safe, reliable sterile powder manufacturing. We also have global expertise configuring high containment spray drying plants for processing up to the highest potency level (occupational exposure band (OEB) level 5).

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Dedicated pharma spray drying test center

GEA doesn’t just sell equipment. Experts at our European test center for spray drying can work with you to evaluate, optimize and scale up your processes and equipment. At the GEA test center you can configure and test GEA PSD plants, tap into specialist expertise and troubleshoot. You can also work with us to analyze pharmaceutical powder characteristics and properties and integrate upstream and downstream processes.

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