Rapid Production of Submicron Drug Substance Particles by

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Rapid production of submicron drug substance particles by supersonic spray drying Maximilian L. Eggersdorfer, Vitaly Koren, Elad Stolovicki, Esther Amstad, and David A. Weitz Cryst. Growth Des., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00033 • Publication Date (Web): 03 Mar 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on March 6, 2017

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