Overview
Maintaining sterility for therapeutics that biopharmaceutical and cell and gene manufacturers produce is critical – particularly when unique, personalized samples are processed for precision medicine. As precision medicine grows, so does the demand for greater efficiencies in smaller batch aseptic manufacturing.
Nik Ekman, Application Development Manager at CPC, makes the case for moving outside of the biosafety cabinet. The white paper focuses on:
- Cost: eliminating tube welder costs (~$20-45K per welder) and associated consumables like blades and adapters (~$7-$20 per weld) + validation, calibration, maintenance, and repair.
- Time, efficiency and operator use: Reducing the time required to make sterile connections. Making a sterile connection with MicroCNX Series Connectors is 4-7X faster than an operator using a tube welder.
- Flexibility: MicroCNX connectors also can connect tubing of different materials and sizes without adapters, unlike welders.
- Reducing hold up volume: connectors do not require the extra tubing that is involved in tube welding, which is a source of hold up volume.