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February 2, 2010

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Why Use Software For Calibration Management?
By Beamex
Every manufacturing plant has some sort of system in place for managing instrument calibration operations and data. Plant instrumentation devices — such as temperature sensors, pressure transducers, and weighing instruments — require regular calibration to ensure they are performing and measuring to specified tolerances.


New IVD Applications Demand Smart Sorbents
By Adrian Possumato, Global Director, Healthcare Packaging, Multisorb Technologies
Dropping a sorbent into in vitro diagnostic (IVD) product packaging is a proven method for preventing product damage from moisture and maintaining shelf life and IVD product accuracy.


Choosing Project Delivery Methods For Successful Capital Projects
By Craig Crowther, Life Science Leader magazine
For pharmaceutical companies, innovation, costs, and time to market are critical factors for achieving a competitive advantage. As such, manufacturing facilities are a key part of a pharmaceutical firm's business strategy, and a strategic approach to delivering pharmaceutical capital projects is required.


30 Years Isolator Technology
By PharmaSystems, Inc.
For the production of sterile forms — mostly injectables — in the pharmaceutical Industry, a new step forward into increased product safety began at the end of the sixties and the beginning of the seventies of the last century. The magic word of this era was "clean rooms". Clean rooms were intended to solve all the problems of the old way of producing sterile products with unsterile products and unclean production areas, andas yet unstable steam sterilization cycles, including problems in microbiological labs, etc.


A Prescriptive Approach To Management Of Solid Waste From Single-Use Systems
By Bruce Rawlings and Hélène Pora, Pall Life Sciences
In biopharmaceutical manufacturing, the disposal of solid waste from single-use systems is becoming an increasingly important issue. The new focus is driven by several major factors, including a broadening range of disposable technologies enabling, in some cases, the installation of completely disposable multistage systems, improved scalability of single-use components offering production capacities to thousands of liters, and the environmental impact of waste disposal.

Spotlight On Valves, Fittings, Hoses, And Tubing

Datasheet: Vortex® Iris Valve
The Vortex Iris Valve offers a reliable valve to control the gravity discharge of free-flowing dry bulk material from bins, bulk bags, chutes, and hoppers.

Datasheet: Vortex&reg; Iris Valve

Datasheet: AseptiQuik™ Connectors
AseptiQuik™ Connectors provide quick and easy sterile connections, even in nonsterile environments. AseptiQuik's "CLICK-PULL-TWIST" design enables users to transfer media easily with less risk of operator error. The connector's robust design provides the highest level of reliability without the need for additional hardware.

Datasheet: AseptiQuik&trade; Connectors

Brochure: ChargePoint
The ChargePoint range of containment valves has been at the forefront of split valve engineering for over 10 years.

Brochure: ChargePoint

Product Sheet: Jacketed Tubing And Fittings
Jacketed tubes can eliminate pumping and dumping of sheer sensitive products. The standard double tube design utilizes countercurrent flow between the media and the product for efficient heat exchange.

Product Sheet: Jacketed Tubing And Fittings

Product Catalog: Process And Control Valves
For more than thirty years, Bürkert has played an important role in revolutionizing control processes in machines and installations. Progress is expressed in the simplification and optimization of open-loop and closed-loop control of media in various processes. As a result, Bürkert process valves demonstrate what the experience and know-how of a market leader in fluidics can do for its customers: provide a safe investment in a safe and reliable plant.

Product Catalog: Process And Control Valves

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Datasheet: Sanitary Fittings
Now biopharmaceutical companies have additional choices for their single-use needs. The SF Series sanitary fitting line, the latest product addition from Value Plastics, is the perfect solution for biopharm applications.

Datasheet: Clean-Out-Of-Place (COP) Equipment
The Mork Clean-Out-Of-Place (COP) applications are designed to operate with your existing MORK CIP system. These add-on modules utilize the same state-of-the-art approach that cleans more effectively while saving you time and precious resources during your cleaning process.

Brochure: cGMP Valve
The cGMP Valve, a sanitary butterfly valve, models RC-RC, RC-WC and WC-WC, which are similar to CORA (Registered Trademark of Salvatore Lardieri) valves, are made of 316L stainless steel with FDA-approved, translucent silicone gaskets and a clamp made of 316L stainless steel.

Brochure: Bran+Luebbe ProCam Hygienic Metering Pump
Bran+Luebbe ProCam Hygienic is suitable for CIP (Cleaning-In-Place) up to 150°, SIP (Sterilizing-In-Place) by saturated steam at 121°C, and for stringent hygienic and sterile needs in the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology.
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Industry News

U.S. Pharm Research Companies Donate $25M To Relief Efforts In Haiti
GSK Receives Accelerated Approval For Breast Cancer Treatment
Abbott And Pierre Fabre SA To Research And Develop Novel Treatments For Cancer
Pharmaceutical New Product Planning: Structure And Activities To Drive Profitability
NeoStem's Suzhou Erye Pharmaceutical Subsidiary Receives Approval For First Two Manufacturing Lines In Its New Facility
Romark Initiates Clinical Trial Of Alinia For Treatment Of Influenza
Infinitus Clinical Research Consolidates: Sino-Indian CRO Enhances Core Capabilities
Watson, HRA Pharma Announce Exclusive Licensing Agreement To Commercialize Novel Emergency Contraceptive
Mettler-Toledo Announces New Ondemand Webinar
Sartorius Stedim Biotech And Corning Announce Collaboration
Catalent Adds Potent Drug Capabilities In German Facility
Patheon Inc. To Present At The 20th Annual UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference
Spectrometers And Spectrophoto/Fluorometers: Global Market Trends
Pervasis Therapeutics Receives FDA Clearance For Pivotal Phase 3 Trial Of Vascugel®
Enzon Stockholders Approve Sale Of Specialty Pharmaceutical Business
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Featured Multimedia

Video: Filamatic Mini-Monobloc Rotary Infeed Table-Turret Process Tray Discharge
Video: Filamatic Mini-Monobloc Rotary Infeed Table-Turret Process Tray Discharge
The Filamatic Mini-Monobloc Fill/Finish System, utilizing advanced servo controls, provides a simple and cost-effective method for small production liquid filling, capping, and/or stoppering of plastic, glass, and metal containers ranging in size from 0.5 ml to 60 ml. This one-person production line greatly reduces labor costs and conserves floor space.

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New Capability From Ropack: Sachets And Pouches
New Capability From Ropack: Sachets And Pouches
Sachets and pouches are extremely versatile packing units used for retail or as a promotional item. Sachets have been used for many years as a cost- effective way to promote your product by providing a free sample to the consumer.

Industry Events

IFPAC® 2010
January 31 to February 4 | Baltimore


Meet With Aptuit At Informex 2010
February 16 to 19 | San Francisco
Pittcon Conference And Expo 2010
February 18 to March 5 | Orlando, FL
Freeman Technology: Course On Blending And Flow Of Pharmaceutical Powders
February 23 to 25 | Pearl River, NY
INTERPHEX Puerto Rico
March 4 and 5 | San Juan
Sealing Technology For Packaging Processes
March 10 and 11 | Philadelphia
INTERPHEX
April 20 to 22 | New York, NY

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