Market Reports

What is the future of automation in closed systems for cell and gene therapy production?

Dave Seaward from 3P Innovation explains why manufacturers in advanced therapies are moving away from manual, laboratory-based processes and toward automated operations on GMP-compliant production equipment

Sustainability in the cleanroom: A scientific approach

Stefaan Vanhalle from STAXS discusses the ways to reduce a cleanrooms environmental footprint, as well as common traps that companies fall into in this effort

Airflow optimisation: What is it and is big pharma on board?

Over-ventilating cleanrooms leads to exorbitant energy bills, Dan Diehl from Aircuity believes the dynamic air control technology now has a firm foothold in the pharmaceutical sector

A comprehensive guide to cost management in cleanrooms

Kjeld Lund from 14644 Cleanroom deep dives into the critical aspects of cost management in cleanrooms, from personnel to construction techniques

Adaptive cleanroom design: How to take a drug from Phase 1 safety trial to commercialisation

Nick Mazzucca, SVP of Business Development at Chrysalis, explores the core strategies for the drug development lifecycle, from modular facility design and open ballroom concepts to the functionally closed processing systems that unlock a cleanroom’s true adaptive potential

Market report: Cleanroom goggles in North America

Canada-based Klaritex’s CEO, Atif Sarfraz, talks to Sophie Bullimore about meeting the challenges and trends in the cleanroom goggle market in North America

Sporicides: Optimal criteria for cleanroom users

In addition to basic chemicals and formulation, there are other criteria that contribute to making something a sporicide. Tim Sandle, in partnership with Ecolab Life Sciences, explains what you need to know

Single-use vs permanent transfer solutions: An overview

Isaac Giesen from CRL weighs up the options available to manufacturers for material transfer based on upfront cost, labour, flexibility and target market

Biosafety cabinets: How to avoid back pain with daily use

Niggles and issues in the upper body can be caused by repetitive and stagnant processes in a biological safety, David Phillips from Thermo Fisher Scientific, explains how proper ergonomics need to be in place to reduce this to a minimum

Integrating “high-voltage leak detection” into automated visual inspection

Leoni Ransmann and Jan Sende from Syntegon Technology talk about visual inspection of product containers like ampoules, which has been the industry standard for decades, and compare it to modern methods being emphasised in documents like the new EU GMP Annex 1

Responding to cell & gene fill-finish and automation scale-up challenges

Before delving into some technical details of cell and gene therapy manufacturing, it’s worth pausing to reflect on the human stories that drive this innovation. These therapies are not just scientific marvels - they're changing lives

What is needed for building a nutraceutical cleanroom for a yellow mealworm

Nutraceutical manufacturer, Nutriearth, which makes a product from yellow mealworm, talks about building their production process into a cleanroom

Implementing PUPSIT in biopharma through streamlined solutions

Hasinah Mohammed from Parker Hannifin’s Bioscience Filtration Division addresses some of the challenges and considerations of implementing PUPSIT within biopharmaceutical manufacturing

How to use portable microbial air samplers effectively

Yoggya De Silva from Cherwell, an AnalytiChem company, discusses common mistakes with this environmental sampling method and how to avoid them

What does EU GMP Annex 1 classification mean for cleanroom furniture and hygiene protocols?

In this article, Michelle Locke, Product and Marketing Manager at Teknomek, takes a closer look at what EU GMP Annex 1 means for cleanroom furniture and hygienic protocols

How to tell if your glove port interface has a leak

Isaac Giesen from Central Research Laboratories (CRL) gives a run down on the tell-tale signs that your containment solution’s gloves have a leak

10 points to consider before developing a cleanroom project

Graham Findlay from Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group, gives some top tips to avoid common problems in a cleanroom builds

Step-by-step: How to perform an integrity test on a cleanroom HVAC system

Kjeld Lund from 14644 Cleanroom explores in detail how to perform integrity testing on a cleanroom HVAC system, covering the importance, methods, and best practices involved

Case study: Bespoke laser solutions in ISO Class 7 cleanroom

Guardtech PM, Arran Williams, comments on the challenges of an ISO Class 7 composites facility cleanroom build that supports lighter-weight cars in production

Optimising semiconductor construction with AI planning and scheduling

Frank Forsberg from ALICE Technologies discusses why it is nationally important to plan the construction of semiconductor facilities down to the tee

A question of quality: Implementing quality by design principles

Jason Rossi from AST discusses how a systematic approach, “Quality by Design”, is used to design and develop of drug product manufacturing environment that prioritises product quality and QRM principles

Automation in closed systems for cell and gene therapies

3P Innovation explores the manufacturing challenges and regulatory pressures faced by the cell and gene therapy (ATMP) industry as it moves from academic labs into commercial-scale production

Automated plate reading start-up lands AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb

Sophie Bullimore dives into how automated plate reading innovator, Clever Culture Systems (formerly LBT Innovations), worked with AstraZeneca to pivot its A$50m technology’s targeted use from clinical microbiology to pharmaceutical microbiological testing

10 common problems with personnel airlocks in cleanrooms

Nash Mader from Instant Cleanroom Solutions (ICS) looks at some problems that often occur with the design and utilisation of personnel airlocks

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