Equipment

The company is increasing manufacturing capacity at its Copenhagen, Denmark facility with the addition of six new bioreactors.

A collaboration integrates Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s BIOSTAT STR bioreactors and Repligen’s XCell ATF cell-retention control technology to create simplified, scalable equipment for intensified cell culture.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group added a new actuator suitable for applications where reduced weight is a concern.

groninger and SKAN have collaborated to develop Integra, a production line concept that integrates both an isolator and filling machine for vials with a large capacity range.

Ross, Charles & Son’s new mixing and discharging turnkey system is capable of extruding finished product into strands.

The SciLog SciPure FD System from Parker Bioscience is an automated single-use system for the filtration and dispensing of products into either bottles or bags.

This article focuses on applying new and traditional techniques to design a cleaning process, ensure the surfaces are clean, and develop rinse solution analysis to continuously monitor cleaning performance.

Single-use technologies, modular systems, and robots are on the rise.

Automated robotic arms manipulate nested trays and containers inside closed aseptic filling systems.

The company is certified as a manufacturer of pressure vessels and components for use in China.

The new Testa Center in Uppsala, Sweden is a collaborative test bed offering biotechnology equipment from GE Healthcare for process development.

A twin-screw extruder can be used as a continuous wet granulator or as a continuous mixer for a wet gelatin mass.

Leistritz’s Twin Screw Extrusion Workshop, taking place Nov. 28–29, 2018 in Clifton and Somerville, NJ, will feature classroom sessions and extrusion demonstrations.

A process control system based on PAT can compensate for variations in particle size, resulting in more consistent coating thickness in a Wurster coating process.

Ross, Charles & Son’s Laboratory Paddle Blender offers advanced features for automated powder blending and liquid spraying operation with recipe management.

Increasing dwell time can improve tablet production.

Modular manufacturing systems offer a less costly way to increase capacity while reducing time-to-market.

CMOs have been active over the past year in expanding their biologics production and capabilities.

Why shouldn’t biopharmaceutical manufacturers be able to leverage standardized construction practices to improve time to market?

Waters’ acquisition of Prosolia’s DESI technology boosts its mass spectrometry imaging portfolio.

Fette Compacting’s FEC20 capsule filler for medium-sized batches is a smaller version of its FEC40 machine.

The agency has issued a warning letter for cGMP violations at a drug manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad, India, that Baxter gained through its acquisition of Claris Injectables.

The media, by Tosoh Bioscience, is composed of calcium and phosphate buffers and offers mixed-mode properties for biomolecule purification.

Bosch Packaging Technology’s GKF 720 capsule filling machine for small batches of hard capsules uses a fully automated, washable containment process.

Traditional glass and polymeric materials compete for market share in primary packaging for parenteral drug products.