Catalent has replaced all stainless steel bioreactors at its biologics facility in Middleton, Wisconsin with single-use techs citing cost and flexibility advantages.
A new hand-held testing device can help drugmakers determine if their stainless steel tech is prone to corrosion according to developer Koslow Scientific.
Retrofitting stainless steel plants with single-use systems is driving a “paradigm shift” in drug production but creates logistical problems, an AAPS panel said.
Pall’s Stax single-use depth filter attracted interest from a “number of biotechnology companies” at Interphex, according to director of marketing Ian Sellick who explained how the system can save space, time and money.
Industrial polymer firm Arkema hopes that Kynar Rx, a new grade of its widely used Kynar resin technology, will help it corner the market for single-use sterile manufacturing applications in the bioprocessing sector.
in-PharmaTechnologist.com's periodic round-up of developments in
the pharmaceutical manufacturing space includes new facilities,
South Africa luring Chinese investors and an advance in modular
cleanrooms.
Processing specialist Sartorius Stedim Biotech today announced a
cooperation and supply deal with systems manufacturing firm Paul
Mueller Company for the US market, with a production facility in
Pennsylvania set to close as a result.
Hyclone has unveiled a new single-use bioreactor at the BioLOGIC
exhibition in Amsterdam which promises the same performance with
traditional stainless steel bioreactors but with the benefits of
single use in which all the contact...
Innov-X Systems has launched a range of handheld analysers, claimed
to be the smallest and lightest tube-based X-ray fluoroscopy
spectrometers available, reports Phil Taylor.
Packaging machinery company Thiele Technologies has launched an
automatic packer system that is specifically designed for use by
the pharmaceutical and food industries.
Several companies in the biopharmaceutical technology arena are
championing the concept of disposable manufacturing as a simple,
cost-effective way of making biologic drugs. But data on the actual
cost benefits of adopting this approach...
Millipore has teamed up with HyClone Laboratories in an alliance
that brings the concept of disposable factory for
biopharmaceuticals production a step closer.
