Aiming to stay ahead of the demand for single-use products, Parker recently increased its existing cleanroom capacity. Combined with the company’s proactive stock policy, this extra capacity is proving useful in the context of COVID-19.

Hamilton’s Arc Air interface enables GMP workflows, with its single-use intelligent sensors combined with the latest generation of process analytical technology (PAT).

Cytiva has introduced an innovation that supports the biotech industry’s move to continuous manufacturing. Called the Xcellerex Automated Perfusion System (APS), it simplifies processes and reduces risk when intensifying upstream operations.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group’s puresu single-use tube assemblies offer reliable, sterile, customisable solutions for bioprocessing. The expanded product range offers tailor-made solutions for customers with specific bioprocessing requirements.

Sartorius has recently acquired the industry-proven BioSMB technology: an integrated single-use device that allows for continuous chromatography. Combined with the company’s established portfolio for upstream processing, this paves the way for new developments in process intensification.

New bioprocess solutions can integrate devices and workflows, generate and store information, and use this information to automatically control bioprocesses. Eve, developed by INFORS HT, is an example of such an advanced ‘bioprocess data warehouse’.

Good Manufacturing Practice, or GMP, is rapidly becoming commonplace in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. It may seem daunting, but individual companies don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Suppliers such as Hamilton provide full GMP solutions.

Parker Bioscience develops single-use solutions that address a wide range of challenges in product transport, storage and final filling.