Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturer Eliminates Product Waste In Vial And Syringe Filling Operations
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Burlington, VT: Althea Technologies, Inc., a leading pharmaceutical contract manufacturer specializing in the manufacturing, filling and finishing of pharmaceutical products for clinical trials and initial start-up manufacturing depends on Flexicon America filling equipment to meet demanding precision filling standards.
Fill/Finish Supervisor, Carol Horner notes, "Our customers entrust us with the first product out. It is very precious. They simply can't afford to lose product in priming or miscalibration, which is why we selected the Flexicon America FMB-210 Monobloc filler. At Althea, we continually try to exceed client expectations.
With Flexicon precision fill accuracy, we are able to achieve larger batch sizes and minimize production personnel-all of which translates into more efficient product runs with lower client costs."
As a contract manufacturer/filler, Althea runs a broad range of products and filling requirements that are different from day to day. The reliability and flexibility of the Flexicon filling machinery meets the critical and seamless cGMP standards of operation as it keeps up with daily product and size changeovers--filling up to five vial sizes, each with a range of neck sizes and seal configurations and the two-step filling operation for lyophilized containers.
To make maintenance simple, all parts are machined to fit in only one direction and are numbered and labeled with a front-facing read for ease in part removal and attachment. Flexicon America is the single-source provider for all changeover parts, filling needles and disposable tubing. In addition, Flexicon offered Althea assistance in preparing an employee training video.
Althea Technologies, a leading San Diego-based pharmaceutical services firm, provides critical manufacturing and development services that support researchers worldwide in their advancement of novel therapies and efforts to apply new genomic information. Althea's GLP compliant genomic services include gene quantification using real-time PCR and gene expression profiling using XP PCR. Althea genomic services extend to the identification and characterization of new biomarkers for multiple applications including disease and compound response characterization. Additional, Althea offers cGMP contract manufacturing of recombinant proteins. DNA-based therapeutics and vaccines, and aseptic vial and syringe filling. For more information, visit www.altheatech.com.
Flexicon America, Inc. offers precision engineered peristaltic liquid filling and capping systems for injection liquids, infusion liquids, cough medicine, floating vitamins, eye drops, blood products, antiseptics, serums, lyophilization, diagnostic kits, biotechnologicals, herbal medicines, and other products. Flexicon, a world leader in peristaltic filling, features sterility, fast changeover, quick validation, reliability and the ability to handle live cells.
For more information, contact Peter Lambert, Flexicon America, Inc.; 156 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401; (802) 657-3232; www.Flexiconamerica.com.
