This completely updated and enlarged third edition of the classic text adopts a practical approach to describe the fundamentals of freeze–drying, backed by many explanatory examples.

Following an introduction to the fundamentals, the book goes on to discuss process and plant automation as well as methods to transfer pilot plant qualifications and process data to production. An entire section is devoted to a large range of different pharmaceutical, biological, and medical products. New to this edition are chapters on antibodies, freeze–dry microscopy, TEMPRIS, microwave...