Biotech Cleanroom Industry Articles

Berry Global Unveils the United States’ First Comprehensive, Commercial-Scale Clean Room for Nine-Layer Blown Film Manufacturing

The ISO 7 class clean room can produce nine-layer blown film. The new installation fully encloses commercial-scale production of Berry’s proprietary nine-layer blown film from extrusion to packaging, a first in the United States. The addition further enhances Berry’s ability to supply more sensitive applications such as sterile intravenous solution bags, pharmaceutical packaging, medical equipment manufacturing, and microchip packaging.

Foxx Life Sciences Celebrates Major Expansion

Foxx Life Sciences celebrates two new manufacturing facilities in Londonderry, New Hampshire and Hyderabad, India.

Marker Therapeutics Announces Opening of New cGMP Manufacturing Facility

Marker Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company specializing in the development of next-generation T cell-based immunotherapies for the treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumor indications…

Exyte Builds First ExyCell® Facility in Shanghai

Exyte has successfully completed the construction of the first ExyCell® facility in China, the CliniMACS Cell Factory® of Miltenyi Biotec, a global provider of integrated solutions for Advanced Therapy Medical Products (ATMPs). The patented ExyCell technology was developed by Exyte as an end-to-end, integrated facility solution with standardized and modularized elements. These pre-configured and pre-fabricated modules enable fast-track construction thereby shortening time-to-market for new therapeutics and vaccines. The ExyCell facility is installed on the fourth floor of the ATLATL building located in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, and Miltenyi Biotec is now transferring production technology from Germany to China with regular operations for ATMP production is expected by autumn 2021. The facility will soon be open to visitors by appointment.

Olympus ViziShot 2 FLEX 19 G EBUS-TBNA Needle Helps Guide Lung Cancer Treatment

Olympus ViziShot 2 FLEX 19 G EBUS-TBNA Needle Helps Guide Lung Cancer Treatment

Olympus announced today the results of a pilot study showing the safety and effectiveness of the ViziShot 2 FLEX 19 G EBUS-TBNA Needle in gathering tissue samples critical to guiding treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

New Biosensors For Implantable Sensing

New Biosensors For Implantable Sensing

Biosensors are devices that can detect biological molecules in air, water, or blood. They are widely used in drug development, medical diagnostics, and biological research. The growing need for continuous, real-time monitoring of biomarkers in diseases like diabetes is currently driving efforts to develop efficient and portable biosensor devices.

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Nanomachine Robot Goes To Battle With Tuberculosis

Nanomachine Robot Goes To Battle With Tuberculosis

The Brock team’s latest technology builds on an earlier version of the microscopic robot — called the three-dimensional DNA nanomachine — they created in 2016 to detect diseases in a blood sample within 30 minutes.

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Injection Molding Medical Capability Investment by Graham Partners

Injection Molding Medical Capability Investment by Graham Partners

Private equity firm Graham Partners has entered injection molded medical goods with an investment in Medbio LLC of Grand Rapids, Mich. Graham Partners acquired a majority interest in Medbio, effective July 18 for undisclosed terms, according to Graham managing principal Joe Heinmiller.

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Drug-Filled Nanocarriers United With Immune Cells

Drug-Filled Nanocarriers United With Immune Cells

Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) have developed a new method to enable miniature drug-filled nanocarriers to dock on to immune cells, which in turn attack tumors.

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Prosthetic Heart Valves Design Inspired by Dragonfly Larvae

Prosthetic Heart Valves Design Inspired by Dragonfly Larvae

The dragonfly larva is the only insect that uses jet propulsion to move and the only arthropod known to use reciprocal jetting—inhaling and exhaling through the same orifice—for underwater breathing,” says Roh, the lead author of a paper on the larval jets that was published online by the journal Bioinspiration & Biomimeticson May 30.

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Moderna Opens Manufacturing Facility for mRNA Therapeutics

Moderna Opens Manufacturing Facility for mRNA Therapeutics

the manufacturing facility was designed to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Moderna is limiting energy use with advanced energy metering, LED lighting, and systems designed to reduce water usage by up to 25%.

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Ancient Biocrust’s Microorganisms Helped Seas With Nitrogen

Ancient Biocrust’s Microorganisms Helped Seas With Nitrogen

Like our oceans, today’s continents are brimming with life. Yet billions of years ago, before the advent of plants, continents would have appeared barren. These apparently vacant land forms were believed to play no role in the early biochemical clockwork known as the nitrogen cycle, which most living things depend on for survival. Researchers discover ancient biocrusts played an important role in the nitrogen cycle.

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Gold Nanoparticles Could Improve Solar Energy Storage

Gold Nanoparticles Could Improve Solar Energy Storage

gold nanoparticles, coated with a semiconductor, can produce hydrogen from water over four times more efficiently than other methods – opening the door to improved storage of solar energy and other advances that could boost renewable energy use and combat climate change, according to Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers.

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