Equipment and Processing Report-06-20-2012

My application uses a peristaltic pump with silicone tubing running through it and a different, heat-sealable tubing material before and after the pump section. Recently, an operator installed the wrong section of tubing in a pump, resulting in lost API, equipment replacement, and hours of extra work. How can we avoid this kind of mix-up in the future?

PharmTech's monthly newsletter, Equipment and Processing Report, reviews the Editor's Picks for the June 2012 edition from EMD Millipore and Meissner Filtration Products.

Time- and cost-savings benefits help drive increased use of single-use, disposable systems in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

An understanding of the pan-coating process based on first principles can support successful scale up.