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Pharmaceutical Cleanroom Industry Articles
Vaxess Technologies Announces Grand Opening of GMP Manufacturing Facility
Vaxess Technologies celebrates the grand opening of their 3,600 square feet pilot GMP manufacturing facility on Monday.
Watson-Marlow announces details of the new U.S. manufacturing facility bringing them closer to customers in the region
Watson-Marlow is pleased to announce that construction will start in October 2021, on a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the United States, with first production due in late 2022.
RESET® Spearheads New Airborne Particulate Monitoring Standard
Working with an international team of experts from universities on the forefront of air quality monitoring research, RESET® will be releasing a new air quality standard aimed at providing a framework for qualifying airborne particulate sensors – specifically optical particle counters – used for indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring.
Manufacturers Join Together for Coronavirus Emergency Building Response
Together these five companies have put together complex build solutions in response to the coronavirus. Individually they were the best for being the fastest of their building type, together they provide the complete solution within weeks, regardless of the requirements. RPM acts as the quarterback pulling in a team of top North American manufacturers with the specific purpose of delivering rapid deployment Community Response Facilities (CRF) that are designed to meet each community’s critical needs. If the location requires conversion of an existing structure, a large building shell that goes up quickly, or mobile secure steel buildings, together we have it covered.
Biocontainment Unit Delivered for COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Germfree delivered a 53-foot biocontainment cleanroom trailer to a major US pharmaceutical company where they will work on a COVID-19 vaccine. This is the first, of what is expected to be, many mobile laboratory spaces that will be delivered to scientists and organizations working on virus and antibody testing, vaccine development, research, and deployment solutions.
COVID-19 Respirators – 3M Partners With Ford to Help Further Accelerate COVID-19 Response
3M and Ford are collaborating on specific ways the companies can rapidly combine complementary capabilities and resources to help meet a surge in demand for personal protective equipment due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Medivant Health builds generic drug production facility in Chandler
Medivant Health is currently building a 33,000-square-foot generic drug manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona. The first phase will create 10,000 square feet of manufacturing and laboratory space able to produce 40,000 vials of generic drug products every day. Medivant is a new Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) Manufacturer. Medivant is unique in that its sole purpose is to fill this generic drug shortage void. The facility is fully automated with minimal human intervention.
Comar Announces Acquisition of iMARK Molding
Comar Acquires iMARK Molding Comar, a premier plastic packaging, dispensing, and medical device provider serving the...
FDA approves the first targeted therapy to treat a rare mutation in patients with GIST
GISTs arise from specialized nerve cells found in the walls of the gastrointestinal tract. One or more mutations in the DNA of one of these cells may lead to the development of GIST.
FDA works to improve compounded drugs quality with new Center of Excellence
FDA takes efforts to improve quality of compounded drugs from outsourcing facilities through collaboration and education as part of new Center of Excellence. Compounded drugs can serve an important role in meeting patients’ medical needs that cannot be met by an FDA-approved drug.
Millstone Medical Outsourcing Expands Medical Device Cleanroom
Millstone Medical Outsourcing has officially broken ground on its new 56,385 square foot facility in Fall River, MA. The MA headquarter campus will now hold a total of 124,367 square feet of production space, including its existing 15,000 square feet of class 10,000/ISO7-rated cleanroom space for medical device packaging operations.