Thursday, October 4, 2018 Daily Archives

Single-Use Sensors and Control and Data Acquisition Tools to Streamline Bioprocess Development

Process development and biomanufacturing in the biopharmaceutical industry have evolved extensively over the past 10 years. More tools are available to study process variables to enable more efficient and productive processes, speed development, and reduce costs. High powered microcontrollers are embedded in laboratory devices to carry out complex tasks. Recently, users have started working with microcontrollers such as Raspberry Pi for personal projects. As personal computer power has accelerated multiplefold,leading to high processing power and compact, high-capacity memory readily available…

GMP round-up: Samsung Bio becomes bigger, Rentschler fills aseptic gap

Korean CDMO Samsung BioLogics says its third facility is GMP ready and the largest single biomanufacturing plant in the world. Meanwhile, Rentschler has received GMP certification for an Austrian fill/finish plant. Samsung BioLogics has begun production at its third plant at its site in Incheon, South Korea. With 180,000 L of capacity from 12 times 15,000 L tank, the plant is the world’s largest single facility, according to the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO). It took Samsung BioLogics 10…