Sustainable Production of Pharmaceutical Drugs Using Continuous Flow Reactors

The current trend in the pharmaceutical industry is towards continuous flow processes. The objective of this project is to provide the pharmaceutical industry with a technology roadmap to implement continuous flow processes to their manufacturing operations. Reducing economic and environmental costs is the driving force behind this trend. Continuous flow technology can produce a cheaper better quality product at lower energy and environmental costs through efficient mass and heat transfer and the ‘scaling out’ approach (as opposed to the traditional ‘scale up’ approach). Our group is working with industrial partners to develop processes that are both environmentally benign and economically viable.