Freezing drug substances to ultra-cold temperatures is a standard step in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Yet, beyond simply cooling, it’s the critical quality attributes (CQA), like product safety, consistency, and process efficiency, that trul...
In the past few years, awareness of the mRNA vaccine supply chain has increased considerably, both in the pharma industry and among the wider public. These vaccines, including lipid nanoparticles and other components, require the highest level of ...
Fluid management in biopharma has changed considerably in recent years. With the advances in life science and the related healthcare adaptations, the manufacturing and supply chain divisions of biopharmaceutical companies are going through a major...
With the rising need for novel therapies - and, based on the changes in the disease landscape as most currently highlighted by COVID - the global biopharmaceutical industry is evolving, and market needs are shifting. We are seeing an increasing...
Single Sourcing vs. Dual Sourcing Do you remember when lead times were months instead of weeks? During the COVID-19 pandemic, biomanufacturers faced several significant supply chain challenges: Lockdowns and restrictions led to disruptions in ...
RoSS® is the safety standard for any single use bag. “Robust Storage and Shipping” is an innovation from Single Use Support providing a protection for single use bags to avoid product loss of highly valuable biopharmaceuticals. It can be applie...
The choice of single-use bioprocess containers in biopharmaceutical handling has had consequences for the performance and requirements in biomanufacturing until now. Lack of compatibility and inflexibility of platform systems have determined futur...
Single-use components might not be considered as the most essential parts in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. However, they are quite capable of temporarily paralyzing the entire production of biopharmaceuticals on-site. Procurement bottlenecks of...
In order to comply with the versatile requirements of today’s market, flexibility and the option to customize are key whilst maintaining availability and short lead times. This is true for many areas, not least when it comes to the ever-growing nu...
Twenty years ago there was only steel. Biopharmaceutical manufacturing has been conducted by fixed stainless-steel installations for a long time. Pharmaceutical products were produced in rigid, inflexible vessels and pipings by cell culturing a...
Manufacturers of aseptic single-use connectors: Their advantages in an overview Aseptic connectors link important medical applications with one another. Preferrably easy and quick to use and it must grant sterility, even if the environment around ...
In this article, we will discuss the differences between CMOs (contract manufacturing companies) and CDMOs (contract development and manufacturing companies), the characteristics and types of them, the services that they typically offer, the oppor...
Once Single Use Support's RoSS® shells, the secondary packaging containers for single use bags, have fulfilled their duty and protected valuable, possibly life-saving biopharmaceuticals on their way from the manufacturer’s site to where they have ...
