Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, announced the launch of its next generation BIOSTAT STR®, a fully scalable, single-use bioreactor family based on a conventional stirred-tank design. This new bioreactor range featuring upgraded hardware and software, as well as a fully integrated, new design of Flexsafe STR® single-use bags, ensures quick and easy bioprocess scale-up of biologics and vaccines. The BIOSTAT STR® bioreactors are equipped with an improved stainless steel bag holder for user…

MilliporeSigma announced today that the company will sponsor the Startup Program at LabCentral, a biotechnology incubator, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LabCentral is a private, non-profit organization that provides entrepreneurs and innovative life-sciences startups with lab space and resources to nurture the next generation of biotech companies. It comprises approximately 125 scientists and entrepreneurs. MilliporeSigma’s collaboration with LabCentral, like its ongoing Emerging Biotech grant program, gives biotech startups access to process development tools, education programs and training to support their success and…

The Poloxamer 188 EMPROVE® EXPERT polymer is a surface-active nonionic polymer used in cell culture media as a shear protectant and has become a standard component to cell culture media for production processes. The new polymer increases robustness of mammalian cells to shear from sparging, resulting in increased viability of cells in the bioreactor. For biopharmaceutical manufacturers, MilliporeSigma’s Poloxamer 188 EMPROVE® EXPERT polymer helps to ensure lot-to-lot consistency and reliable performance. The product has been cell culture tested, optimized and…