Equipment

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

Werum IT Solutions launched the new K.ME-IN in January 2020, a biometric authentication solution with a wearable Nymi Band device, for its PAS-X Manufacturing Execution System.

The Pharmafill NB1, Series II from Deitz is an automated neck bander that can accommodate shrinkbands and full sleeve labels from .79–10 inches in length.

The need for manufacturing speed inspires contract manufacturers to explore advanced processing technologies.

Phillips-Medisize has announced that it is expanding its current Global Innovation and Development (GID) site in Struer, Denmark, to include a dedicated manufacturing development and clinical build unit.

The NXT Series from ACG Group consists of the Protab 300 NXT, Protab 700 NXT, BMax NXT (pictured), KartonX NXT, and Verishield CS18 NXT machines for production, packaging, and inspection.

ReNu SU (single-use) Technology cartridge assemblies from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group are designed for the development and production of personalized medicines.

The Ross VCB-0.25 Tumble Blender is suited for specialty blends with extremely minor active components and additives.

Terracon Corporation unveiled a line of turnkey, magnetic-drive plastic mixing systems for applications within pharmaceutical markets.

Data collected through the Industrial Internet of Things enable predictive maintenance.

The Raised Stopper Inspection machine from Antares Vision verifies proper sealing of freeze-dried vials.

Shim-pack Bio Diol and IEX columns from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments improve the accuracy of the characterization of peptides, oligonucleotides, and other biopharmaceuticals.

BD’s new Intevia 1mL two-step disposable autoinjector, a device that combines an autoinjector and a pre-fillable syringe into one system, has a two-step, push-on-skin activation feature that allows the effective and safe injection of drugs of different viscosities up to 35cP and different fill volumes up to 1mL.

Cube Plus by GiroNEX is an automated precision powder dispensing system for use in manufacturing powder-filled capsules and vials for early phase clinical trials and related drug development studies.

The latest 600-gallon VersaMix Model VM-600 from Ross is qualified for high-speed subsurface powder induction with a proprietary Ross Solids/Liquid Injection Manifold (SLIM).

The company showcased its compact robotic nest filling machine at CPhI Worldwide 2019 on Nov.–7 in Frankfurt, Germany.

The goal of Design for Reliability (DfR) is to eliminate defects at the design stage; PharmTech interviews Jacobs about DfR for pharma equipment.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences will supply Akeso Pharmaceuticals with the FlexFactory platform to accelerate production of antibody drugs in the Guangzhou region.

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

Extrudor by MG America is a new powder dosing unit that only requires one dosing disk per capsule size, regardless of the dosage.

The new Innomech Benchtop Systems developed for and offered by Aston Particle Technologies (APT) combine two benchtop systems to organize small amounts of blended pharmaceutical powders for use in APT’s formulation development projects.

Deitz Company introduced the Pharmafill™ CS2 to its line of automated cotton inserters.

The company will showcase its RayDyLyo all-plastic capping solution, which works in conjunction with SCHOTT’s adaptiQ ready-to use (RTU) vials and groninger Nestfillers by providing maximum flexibility for fill/finish operations.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ KUBio box is an integrated, flexible biomanufacturing environment for viral vector-based gene therapies.

US-based SP Industries acquired the sterile filling line assets of Spain-based i-Dositecno.