Equipment

Two FDA-funded projects at RCPE will look at real-time monitoring and control of drug tablet coating and developing a digital twin for drug production control.

The CountQ system from Verista automates accurate counts of tray-loaded parts, including vaccine vials.

Automation, digitalization, and supply-chain strategies help mitigate vulnerabilities in both autologous and allogeneic cell therapy manufacturing.

Rigaku is featuring its latest x-ray instrumentation at three virtual booths at the virtual 27th International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, and Biotechnology conference.

The facility will include a high-speed sterile line for live virus filling, a line for standard fill/finish, cleanroom capacity, labs, warehousing, and offices to support production.

The new facility at the company’s San Diego, CA, site will be for late phase and commercial CGMP manufacturing.

Cytiva will provide the first FlexFactory to be used in the manufacture of pDNA to Akron Bio.

The manufacture of gene therapy vectors is shifting to more modern technologies.

Facility and equipment design are important, but the team and its experience matter most.

Cytiva announced that it is launching the Xcellerex Automated Perfusion System (APS), a device aimed at simplifying processes and reducing risks when intensifying upstream operations.

The ROSS VMC-1000 VersaMix is a 1000-gallon triple-shaft mixer available on a pivot-design single-post hydraulic lift.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announced that its MET ONE 3400+ portable air particle counter is now available for cleanroom compliance.

The Spectrum Compact CE System from Promega is a benchtop capillary electrophoresis (CE) instrument that allows users to perform sequencing and fragment analysis at the bench in laboratories of all sizes.

The facility for early-phase clinical biologics formulation development and drug product fill/finish services will be integrated with an existing Catalent facility nearby.

The APS system comes equipped with filter switching, liquid management, and cell bleed to reduce risk of human error and increase process robustness.

The investment will include new manufacturing lines and increased automation to deliver additional manufacturing capacity.

Syntegon’s redesigned continuous band sealers can be configured for various packages.

The company is investing $130 million to add Phase III through commercial-scale manufacturing suites to its gene therapy campus in Harmans, MD.

The new line has the ability to aseptically fill powder, liquid, suspension, and combination forms into vials in clinical or commercial batch sizes.

A new approach to testing water content in biologics is needed that will give a more accurate determination of actual water content in the biologic.

Pall has introduced Acrodisc syringe filters with universal water-wettable polytetrafluoroethylene (wwPTFE) membranes for analytical instrument applications.

MegaShear from Ross is a patented ultra-high shear rotor/stator mixer for high-throughput emulsification, dispersion, and homogenization.

GEA has expanded, integrated, and consolidated its ConsiGma continuous oral solid dosage equipment, allowing fully configurable systems that can be connected to new or existing facilities, including third-party equipment.

The Rosemount 550PT Pressure Transmitter from Emerson is designed for single-use bioprocessing applications to enhance processes while preserving product integrity.

For certain APIs, including semi-synthetic antibiotics, continuous filtration and drying improves productivity and quality.