Manufacturing

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3D printing offers a new design freedom for bio/pharmaceutical manufacturing: whether for “printing” a solid-dosage drug or for creating a piece of equipment for bio/pharmaceutical laboratories or manufacturing facilities. 

INTERPHEX 2019 Keynote Series Presents Session on 3D Printing in Pharma

Distek, a provider of laboratory testing instruments, added a dual impeller single-use bioreactor (SUB) system to its BIOne portfolio.

Dual Impeller Single-Use Bioreactor

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) and Novasep will partner to develop systems for membrane chromatography using Novasep’s BioSC platform and SSB’s single-use technology.

SSB, Novasep to Develop Membrane Chromatography Systems

Eric Langer has over 25 years experience in biotechnology and life sciences strategic marketing management, market research, and publishing. He has held senior management and marketing positions at biopharmaceutical supply companies. He has published and authored many books and reports on topics in Biotechnology, Large-scale BioManufacturing, and bioscience commercialization and communication. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University marketing management, biotech marketing, services marketing, and marketing in a regulated environment. In 1989 he co-founded BioPlan Associates, Inc. to provide market analysis, and strategy to biotech and healthcare organizations.

Ilene Roizman is communications manager at BioPlan Associates. 

Single-use systems can be a cost savings for CMOs, and these savings can be passed on to clients and, ultimately, to patients.

CMOs Leading the Way on Single-Use Systems Adoption

Jennifer Markarian is a contributing editor for 

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

Challenges for Supplying Single-Use Systems

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. 

Small-Batch Aseptic Fill/Finish System

Agnes Shanley is senior editor of Pharmaceutical Technology.

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

As Technology Advances, Annex 1 Falls Short

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

Parker Bioscience Expands Manufacturing of Single-Use Components

Birte Kleindienst is junior product manager, viral clearance, at Sartorius Stedim Biotech.

Anika Manzke is product manager, viral clearance at Sartorius Stedim Biotech.

Peter Kosiol is scientist, Membrane Development atSartorius Stedim Biotech

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

Continuous Processing: Challenges and Opportunities of Virus Filtration

The company will use GE Healthcare’s off-the-shelf KUBio biologics factory, which is expected to start operations in 2020, to provide development and manufacturing for early- to late-clinical and early-commercial manufacturing stages.

Manufacturing Systems, Single-Use