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The Energy Crisis and Lyophilization

By

Thomas A. Jennings, Ph.D.

It was just a few months ago (August, 2000 - see INSIGHT Vol. 3 No. 8) that I addressed the question of the impact that a shortage of electrical energy may have on the field of lyophilization. My major concern was directed to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries because it is here that the impact would have its greatest effect on the health and welfare on people throughout the world. It seemed illogical to me to write another INSIGHT related to this topic after such a short time but the recent energy crisis that affected the entire state of California has driven me to once again address this issue of the relationship between a shortage in electrical power and the lyophilization process. I feel very strongly that the events of last summer in the state of Washington and that which has happened recently in California will serve as a warning flag that an energy crises is upon us and we simply can no longer ignore it or say it won’t happen here.

I would like to use this INSIGHT to make the reader aware as to some of the major causes for such a crises and possible solutions to the problem. While I will mainly address problems facing the United States, these global effects and other industrial nations may soon find themselves in the very same position sometime in the future.

Volume 4 No. 2                                                                                        February 2001

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