PharmTech Products

Hamilton Robotics and Waters Corporation have partnered to develop StarWorks, automated, end-to-end workstations for biopharmaceutical sample preparation.

T&D’s new compact, battery-powered -75wf/nw line of thermocouple data loggers feature a temperature range of -199 to 1760 °C and free cloud storage.

The PowerMix Model PDM-10 from Ross, Charles & Son offers high-shear mixing for hard-to-mix applications with low flowability.

The Analysette 28 ImageSizer from Fritsch provides analysis of particle shape and size for dry measurement of powders and bulk solids and wet measurement of suspensions and emulsions.

The BIOne 1250 bioprocess control station from Distek is a benchtop-scale bioreactor for mammalian and microbial models.

Vac-U-Max received “atmosphères explosibles” or equipment for potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX) approval for three product ranges of compressed-air-powered vacuums.

ABB’s modeling software, Shop Floor Integration V2.0, allows engineers to validate the connection of existing pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment with Werum’s PAS-X manufacturing execution system in a simulation prior to running it live.

Ross Charles’ 300-gallon process vessel is suitable for 5-psi internal pressure at 300 °F and is agitated by a disperser blade driven to 1150 rpm by a 75HP explosion-proof motor.

The ÄKTA pilot 600 from GE Healthcare is a lightweight bench-top chromatography system suited to streamline both GMP and non-GMP everyday operations.

Leistritz has added a continuous twin screw extrusion system that continuously mixes and conditions gel-mass formulations designed to replace previous upstream batch processing methodologies.

Agilent Technologies expects the acquisition to improve its current software portfolio.

Mettler Toledo and SOTAX partnered to develop a new dissolution solution system line for R&D and quality control laboratory processes.

The sterility test isolator (STISO) for testing aseptically filled drug products and for testing toxic aseptic drugs (STISOtox) from Metall+Plastic, a subsidiary of Optima, are modular and ergonomically designed.

The ÄKTA pilot 600 from GE Healthcare is a lightweight bench-top chromatography system suited to streamline both GMP and non-GMP everyday operations.

Recent technological advances help streamline the fill/finish manufacturing process.

InstantGMP INV is a validated software for real-time material tracking and inventory control in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

L.B. Bohle’s QbCon 1 laboratory-scale, continuous twin-screw granulator and dryer offers fully continuous drying for R&D in continuous solid-dosage manufacturing.

GE Healthcare’s new Sefia S-2000 cell processing system allows operators to conduct multiple cell therapy manufacturing steps with one instrument.

Eppendorf’s epMotion 5075 automated liquid handling workstation comes with features developed to meet pipetting needs of the next generation sequencing library preparation process.

Eppendorf’s ViscoTip pipette tip from its Combitips advanced line can process liquids with viscosities from 200 to 14,000 mPa-s, including glycerol 99.5%, ointments, and creams.

Ross, Charles & Son's SysCon’s programmable logic controller (PLC) system features a control panel with a wireless connection that allows users to access the PLC system using tablets, laptops, and smartphones via Ethernet, WLAN, or Bluetooth.

The MagMixer MBE Series from SPX Flow is suitable for low-viscosity blending, dissolving solids, and solid suspension in sterile applications.

The company unveiled three new products to support single-use biomanufacturing and won an award for best technological innovation at INTERPHEX 2018.

Honeywell’s Experion Batch visualization technology provides operators with improved visibility, simplified maintenance, and faster validation.

Keystone Folding Box has added a new line of secondary packaging systems for injectable pharmaceutical products.

Gilson has added Gilson Connect, a cloud-connected platform that powers a product line of Bluetooth-enabled, smart liquid-handling devices that enable scientists to achieve verifiable science.

Ross Systems and Controls (SysCon) touchscreen purged panels have been certified under the standards of Underwriters Laboratories’ (UL)-698A Code and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA)-496 Code.

The Concentrating Pipette Select from InnovaPrep is a small automated benchtop instrument that can concentrate contaminates from large volumes of liquids for improved detection.