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Tablets & Capsules January 2019 37 " T his new lab offer s a complete range of solid dosage manufactur- ing equipment from various manu- facturers, providing attendees with a comprehensive picture of tablet production," he said. "A number of training courses are available else- where and on the web, but they of ten don't pr ov ide a hand s-on component to go along with the classroom instruction, so the train- ing is less beneficial." development process, formulation, and cont in uo u s man u f ac t u r ing. T he cour se feat ured lect ures by Sedlock and Parikh as well as Ed J. Godek (manager of process tech- nolog y at Glatt Air Techniques), and A llison L abr iola (te chnic al sales manager for excipients and coatings at Chemroy Canada). Dilip Par ikh, an inst r uctor at b o t h t r a i n i n g s e s s i o n s , w a s impressed with the facility and the str ucture of the training courses. Hands-on training Natoli held its inaugural training event at the new facility October 8 -10, 2 018 . T he 3 - d ay co u r s e, t i t l e d " Ta b l e t D e v e l o p m e n t , Scale-up, and Intro to Microtabs," was a new offering for the com- pany. The course was designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the tablet development process, s c a la bilit y, a n d m i c r ot a ble t in g t e ch n olog y a n d in clu d e d b oth classroom and hands-on training, with open discussions, one-on-one consultations, Q& A sessions, and live demonst rat ions. Inst r uctor s included Sedlock, Bill Turner (tech- nical ser vice manager for Natoli's tooling and tablets division), Jona- than Gaik (director of Natoli Sci- entific), and John Sturgis (Natoli technical support engineer). In addition to Natoli's instruc- tors, the session featured presenta- tions and hands-on demonstrations f rom industr y exper ts, including Stuart Porter (president of PPT and film-coating technical consultant for Ashland Specialty Ingredients), Dilip Parikh (president of DPharma G r o u p), A n t h o n y C a r p a n z a n o (director of research & develop- ment for JR S Phar ma), Michelle Q uinn (for mu lat ion technolog y manager at MilliporeSigma), Nick Slater (senior process development scient ist at F r eund-Vector), and Matt Botnick (applications engineer at O'Hara Technologies). Attendees included formulation scientists, process engineers, com- pounding pharmacists, and other R&D personnel from the pharma- ceutical, nutraceutical, pyrotech- nics, and c at alyst ind u st r ies. " I enjoyed the combination of presen- tations and hands-on demonstra- tions," said one attendee. "Having limited experience, the hands-on demos helped me apply the knowl- edge I learned." A second training course, titled "The Tablet Development Process & Intro to Continuous Manufactur- ing," was held December 6, 2018, a nd pr ov id ed at tend e e s w ith a comprehensive look at the tablet