Equipment

Containment valves and smart monitoring can keep employees safe and improve manufacturing efficiency when handling potent APIs, intermediates, and solid-dosage drugs.

The Pulse-Flow PTA dense phase pneumatic conveying system from Gericke USA directs air or nitrogen into the pressure vessel and pipeline in timed, regular pulses that form the dry material into separate, wavelike, pulsed slugs.

UniFlow FM Fume Hoods by HEMCO are suited for synthesis, distillation, and other rack-type operations where a tall apparatus is used or equipment is rolled into the work area.

The VMC VersaMix by Charles Ross & Son Company is suited for temperature-critical formulations of medium to high viscosity under stringent vacuum/pressure constraints.

The $21.4-billion acquisition will create stand-alone business within Danaher’s life-sciences portfolio.

Suppliers address complex supply chains for global biopharmaceutical manufacturing using disposable components.

Mixing Dynamics has been selected as North American representative for Italvacuum dryers and pumps.

The company will open its first European manufacturing facility in Castlebar, Ireland.

The RK-1 continuous mixing processor from Readco Kurimoto is suited for testing formulations in continuous processing conditions.

A new reactor flask heating system now offered by Asynt allows the conduction of safe experiments in academic teaching and research labs.

The Flexicon FPC60 peristaltic fill/finish system from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group can use a variety of modules that allow users to create their own customized filling solution to suit small-batch applications.

The Pharmafill PS1 Packserter desiccant inserter from Deitz Company features a proprietary cut length sensor system that automatically verifies the desiccant, oxygen absorber, or other packet has been properly fed from the continuous strip before allowing it to be cut for inserting.

The Ross VersaMix is a multi-shaft mixer suited for viscous applications requiring a high level of accuracy and batch-to-batch consistency.

Robotic isolators and single-use technologies are gaining ground, according to aseptic processing consultant Jim Agalloco.

New alert customization and expanded Open Platform Communication support in Emerson’s DeltaV Mobile app improve notification and third-party system monitoring.

Parker Bioscience Filtration added a cleanroom at its site in Birtley, UK for manufacturing single-use assemblies and sensors used in biopharmaceutical processing.

G-CON will provide a complete cleanroom infrastructure for GE Healthcare’s cell therapy and viral vector production platforms that will simplify early-stage manufacturing efforts.

The company has built a fit-for-purpose liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) system to streamline analytical monitoring tests for biopharmaceuticals.

The company is set to expand biologics and fill/finish capacity at its biologics manufacturing sites in Madison, WI, and Bloomington, IN.

Boulting’s inspection software is a paperless, cloud-based system for maintenance of equipment in hazardous areas.

Fette Compacting America has introduced the FEC20 Capsule Filling Machine, capable of producing up to 200,000 capsules per hour, to the North American market.

Requirements for virus filtration must be considered in developing continuous downstream processes.

Charles Ross & Son Company has made improvements to the dual-post hydraulic lift and seal design of its 1500-gallon Multi-Shaft Mixer Model PVM-1500.

Fluid Air’s portable PolarDry Electrostatic Spray Dryer Model 0.1 is compact in size while retaining the same features of previous spray dryers.

GEMÜ’s 1205 electrical position indicator is suitable for demanding applications in category 2, zone 1, and/or zone 21 ATEX areas, as well as for robust use at low temperatures down to -20 °C.