Tech Sheets

Drug Development

Our expertise lies in the manufacture of the equipment and highly effective depth filter media that can reduce bioburden, endotoxins and other particulates as well as color and odor. These include sanitary design, validated pharmaceutical grade lenticular format filter cartridges and filter pads and sanitary design filter housings.

Choice of Sanitary Materials for Pharmaceutical Applications

In virtually all sterile or sanitary applications the first choice of materials for hardware construction is stainless steel. Use of this material throughout the pharmaceutical and food and beverage industries is extensive and includes storage and transfer vessels, piping, valves, pumps, etc. It was included as a requirement in the proposed CGMP for Large Volume […]

Filtration of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

When derived from fermentation, the first step in the manufacturing process for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, for example, antibiotics, is the separation of the cell mass from the liquor containing the active ingredient. The extraction process is achieved through the use of solvents and precipitation followed by filtration for removal of the large remainder of particulates, […]