Opportunities for process intensification in nuclear effluent treatment
A recent publication co-authored by Britest reviews precipitators, adsorbers and separators as technological opportunities for process intensification in nuclear effluent treatment.
27 November 2023New publication - Setting commercialisation objectives for sustainable innovation
A new paper by Britest's Rob Peeling describes a methodology for setting commercialisation objectives for sustainability in an innovative project
02 December 2022Britest Sustainability toolkit poster available
A poster recently presented by Britest exemplifies some new and improved approaches towards holistic qualitative and semiquantitative models for whole process understanding aligned with the needs of those in the chemical, biochemical and related process industries seeking to accelerate the transformation required to successfully respond to the threat of climate change
12 October 2022Circular Plastics online training tool
Britest has produced a self-guided online training tool drawing on the activities and findings of the recently concluded MultiCycle EU Innovation Action to support capacity building in industry and in education to promote the adoption of new recycling technologies. The materials in the guide may be adapted for reincorporation in other training and educational resources. Access the tool The
04 July 2022Building a Britest toolkit for Sustainable Innovation report available now
Britest's latest white paper describes the alignment of some current and future developments in the Britest approach with the needs of the process industries seeking to respond positively to climate change.
11 January 2022New report lays out the sustainability benefits of remote service delivery
A new report shares Britest's experience of the challenges presented by COVID-19 lockdown restrictions along with an analysis of significant benefits quantified in terms of time, money, and emissions saved, and new possibilities created by successfully harnessing remote working and service delivery.
17 August 2021Britest tools used to improve robustness of analytical sample preparation
A new publication by an international team of authors from Astra Zeneca Pharmaceutical Technology & Development, Operations describes how Britest process understanding tools have been successfully applied, in conjunction with experimental design, to some of the challenges associated with sample preparation procedures encountered when developing quantitative assay methods for solid-oral dosage
16 October 2020Lock-down unlocks fresh thoughts on plant cleaning
The exceptional set of circumstances provided by COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom has catalysed some insightful reflections upon the subject of pharmaceutical plant cleaning on the part of Britest's Rob Peeling. Rob's "Eureka!" moment came upon him in a rather unlikely location: standing in front of a rather weather-worn garage door whilst struggling to get it sufficiently grime and
01 September 2020Article on digital information flows goes open access
A new publication describing how new digital models and approaches have been mapped onto the information workflow involved in pharmaceutical product and process design and development via a Britest-developed dedicated technical facilitation methodology has been selected by the publisher for open access status. This means that the full paper, published in the Jan/Feb 2020 edition of ISPE
21 February 2020Particle Informatics: how Digital Design is advancing understanding of particle properties
A new publication arising from the ADDoPT project collaboration describes how a combination of existing and novel approaches has been applied to the assessment and prediction of particle properties intrinsic to the formulation and manufacture of pharmaceuticals via a new, robust workflow applying predictive digital design tools built around the CSD-System software suite . The paper,
08 August 2019Focus article on digital design for pharmaceutical product and process development
Focus article on digital design for pharmaceutical product and process development An "in-depth focus" article in the June 2019 issue of European Pharmaceutical Review looks at how Britest has been working along with others in the ADDoPT collaborative consortium to explore how emerging process understanding and predictive models can be applied and embedded within industrial workflows to
17 July 2019Multi-site facilitation best practice guide updated
Britest's highly practical best practice guide to multi-site facilitation has just been updated and is available now as a free download for registered Britest users . Successful facilitation across multiple locations and time-zones relies on careful and thoughtful preparation if the session is to achieve the levels of visualisation, collaboration, engagement, and dialogue needed for any
06 December 2018New conceptual study for butadiene telomerization published
Research arising from the EU's 7th Framework Programme’s SYNFLOW project o n which Britest collaborated has resulted in a new, peer-reviewed publication describing a conceptual design study for a butadiene telomerization process. Britest Senior Innovation Specialists Amy Peace and Charles Gordon are co-authors on the new paper along with colleagues Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt, Sebastian
20 November 2017Continuous flow catalysis for API synthesis scales up
A new, high-profile scientific paper arising from one of Britest's international collaborative projects , which reports the first development of a continuous flow process for asymmetric hydrogenation with a heterogenized molecular catalyst in a real industrial context, has been selected as an “ACS Editors’ Choice” by the American Chemical Society. This recognition, based on recommendations by the
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