Market Reports

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Trending Articles

  1. Tips for particle concentration compliance under ISO 14644-1:2015 Apply these six steps to make your cleanroom fit for the new standard, says Hasim Solmaz, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions
  2. Incubating settle plates: Understanding growth patterns and when things are going wrong Steven Brimble from Cherwell Laboratories discusses why it is important to your environmental monitoring regime to understand growth characteristics of common cleanroom contaminants and how morphology shifts over time on various media
  3. Cleanrooms: solving the mystery of recurring low level contamination Dr Laurie Smith reviews her research that identified bacteria on cleanroom garments to solve the mystery of recurring low-level contamination in a facility
  4. Contamination control in satellite production Satellite construction undergoes extraordinary changes as new technologies and increased demand alter their type and size. Susan Birks reports on future contamination control requirements following a visit to a cleanroom of Airbus UK
  5. Precision cleaning explained Cleaning to perfection is a sophisticated process and yet vital to product integrity. Dr Brent Ekstrand, VP of Science & Technology at Astro Pak, sheds lights on contaminants and the tests performed to measure them

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