Turn Down the Fill Volume
Drugmakers have many incentives to avoid overfilling their containers, including the scarcity, and correspondingly high cost, of certain cells and ingredients. These concerns highlight the need for techniques that can fill small volumes of product with great accuracy. Many strategies are available to the industry, but which one works best?
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Resist the Rain Check:
ePedigree Solutions Have Immediate Value
Pharmaceutical manufacturers that launch ePedigree and serialization initiatives today will improve their competitive positions in the short and long terms.
>>Coming Soon: For more about filling technologies, see the cover story of the upcoming March issue of Pharmaceutical Technology.
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ABB’s (Québec, Canada) MB3600-PH Fourier transform–near infrared spectrometer is designed for pharmaceutical quality-control and at-line process analytical technology applications.
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The David Round Company (Solon, OH) offers its SSPT series of stainless steel trolley products for pharmaceutical cleanrooms. |
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Fortress Technology
FDA compliant Phantom Pharmaceutical Metal Detector handles high speed product lines with a throughput of 30,000 tablets per minute.
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Chemsultants International, Inc.
Chemsultants International provides a complete range of services related to adhesives, coatings, labels, tapes, and packaging material applications.
We have an A2LA accredited laboratory offering development, research, and product testing services to many international test methods. We operate 3 pilot coating lines that are available for development programs, and toll coating.
Chemsultants International, Inc.
9079 Tyler Boulevard
Mentor, Ohio 44060
440-974-3080
FAX 440-974-3081
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Fluid-bed dryer bags
Kavon provides custom replacement fluid-bed dryer bags for US and European equipment models. The bags are appropriate for wet granulation, dry filtration, and wet and dry coating applications. The company offers flexible 1–4-bag systems in various fabrics choices and also repairs bags.
Kavon Filter Products, Wall Township, NJ
www.kavonfilter.com
tel. 732.938.3135
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Spirax Sarco, Inc.
STERI-TROL™ S Series two- and three-way, clean service control valves are engineered with a double stem seal to prevent erosion and ensure accuracy over a long service life. The pneumatically actuated valve is self-draining and crevice-free and is compliant to ASME BPE 2002, 3A’s and EHEDG.. A stainless steel SP300 positioner is available.
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ROTRONIC
ROTRONIC’S HygroGen2 is a self-contained transportable humidity and temperature calibrator that enables users and calibration engineers to accurately and rapidly calibrate any type of humidity instrument.
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- Tegrant’s (Arlington Heights, IL) ThermoSafe Dedicated Seasonal Shipper (DSS) line was designed as an off-the-shelf solution for customers who need to control the temperature of their product when shipping, but do not need a fully customized solution.
- The Coriolis µ microbial air sampler from Bertin Technologies (Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France) efficiently collects airborne microorganisms such as bacteria, molds, yeast, and viruses.
- Cole-Parmer’s (Vernon Hills, IL) Masterflex L/S Digital Pump Drives include a maintenance-free, high-accuracy motor and a graphical interface designed to facilitate operation.
- Industrial Specialties Manufacturing (Englewood, CO) offers corrosion-resistant, nylon suction strainers suitable for applications in which stainless steel or other metal strainers might corrode or contaminate the fluid.
- AdvantaPure’s (Southampton, PA) BioClosure Systems are designed for clean pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical applications.
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- Mar. 2–5: IMHX (Birmingham, England). IMHX will showcase thousands of products and services that are intended to inspire materials-handling excellence. The event will feature materials-handling equipment, health and safety systems, software solutions, storage systems, pallets and palletizing systems, recruitment and training, transport and distribution, packaging, and warehousing.
- Mar. 4–5: INTERPHEX Puerto Rico 2010 (San Juan, PR). INTERPHEX Puerto Rico 2010 will show attendees how to adapt to all aspects and phases of the changing life-sciences environment. Advancements in technology and solutions for improving manufacturing efficiencies will be on display.
- Mar. 9–10: The Pharma Congress (Dusseldorf, Germany). This event combines special subject-matter conferences and an exhibition. The Congress comprises seven conferences, including the Barrier Systems Conference, which deals in detail with current technological developments in barrier systems. The Current Aseptic Technologies conference concentrates on pivotal developments in sterile manufacture such as increasing contamination safety through new technologies.
- Mar. 17: Lean Manufacturing: What is the State of Lean–Six Sigma in Pharma and Biotech? (Orlando, FL). This interactive workshop, which follows the 2010 PDA Annual Meeting, will discuss the core principles of Lean Six Sigma and how companies can implement them. Participants and facilitators will share case studies to give attendees practical and relevant examples of successes and failures.
- Mar. 24–26: Root Cause Analysis for CAPA (Dublin). This course is intended for all personnel concerned with quality and the analysis and correction of problems. The material presented will be of value to personnel of various levels of expertise and will emphasize the pragmatic. It will be particularly valuable to those new to this field and those who wish to refresh their knowledge of these technologies.
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