Equipment

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.

Early adopters and equipment manufacturers refine their equipment and processes, paving the way for broader use.

The Optima FPA assembles pen injectors either fully or semi-automatically.

The company has made several moves in recent weeks to expand manufacturing capacity and cell line services.

The CDMO will offer capacity for manufacturing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics at its Grand Rapids, MI, fill/finish facility.

Aclar Edge from Honeywell is a pharmaceutical packaging solution for oral liquids for human health and sterile injectables for animal health applications.

The Certa Plus pump series from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group works to provide sustainable fluid management while offering lower shear, lower power consumption, full traceability, and ultimate cleanability when transferring syrups, oils, creams, and gels.

Advanced Discharge Systems by Ross are built with mechanisms to fit almost any high-viscosity application and increase efficiency following the mixing process.

Korsch introduced the XT 600 HD Double Rotary Tablet Press, a tablet press intended for technical and chemical products with large formats, deeper filling depths, and higher compression forces.

Outsourcing partners provide capacity and tech transfer expertise in the pharmaceutical industry response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filling and packaging of primary containers is a crucial piece of COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic production.

The agreement will accelerate production of SiO2’s plastic vials for vaccines and therapeutics for Operation Warp Speed.

Stevanato Group’s Vision Robot Unit uses AI-based machine learning capabilities for particle and cosmetic inspection of biopharmaceutical drug products.

The acquisition will give the CDMO additional clinical filling options in Europe, which is expected to come online in 2021.

The agreement will combine Rentschler’s experience in drug substance manufacturing and Vetter’s expertise in aseptic fill/finish and secondary packaging.

Using a specific addition method to wet the powder bed in twin-screw granulation using a foam binder improves robustness for continuous solid-dosage drug product manufacturing.

The LCMS-8060NX from Shimadzu is a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer that works to enhance method development and routine analysis.