ERWEKA is highlighting its Digital Dissolution Offline System for the DT 950 and DT 9510 series, an integrated offline sampling solution designed to automate dissolution workflows while maintaining pharmacopoeia compliance on existing DT platforms. The system pairs guided digital control with modular hardware to help QC labs reduce manual handling and improve consistency. The solution…
From automation islands to connected plants: A roadmap for pharma manufacturers
Pharmaceutical manufacturers face growing pressure to move beyond isolated automation islands. They need fully connected, plant-wide systems instead. Biophorum’s Digital Plant Maturity Model makes it clear: Level 3, the connected plant, is now table stakes to compete. yet many companies still struggle to make the leap. Data stays fragmented across systems. Operator interfaces vary wildly.…
Hemco highlights its self-contained workstations
NEWS RELEASE: Hemco highlights its MicroFlow rust-resistant, self-contained workstations Independence, Missouri — Hemco is selling its MicroFlow self-contained workstations for any environment where people may be subject to small amounts of non-hazardous fumes and odors. MicroFlow is a ductless, carbon-filtered workstation equipped with activated carbon filtration. It is designed to collect small amounts of non-hazardous fumes…
XOMA appoints Blaze Bioscience CEO to its board of directors
XOMA Corp. (NSDQ:XOMA) has installed Heather L. Franklin to its board of directors. Franklin is the president and chief executive officer of the biotech company Blaze Bioscience, Inc. (Seattle). Franklin has more than a decade of leadership experience at the development-stage oncology firm Blaze and another 10 years of business development experience at ZymoGenetics. “I…
Aphena reveals plans for third-party logistics division
Aphena Pharma Solutions has announced the launch of a Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Division at its campus in Cookeville, Tenn. The pharmaceutical packaging and manufacturing company plans to complete the new division by the end of the year and serve new clients in early 2022. The 3PL unit will cater to the prescription pharmaceutical market, focusing…
Roquette unveils digital pharma marketplace
Plant-based ingredient specialist Roquette (La Madeleine, France) has opened a new online marketplace on a digital marketplace platform from Knowde. The online platform includes pharmaceutical excipients, binders, processing aids, solvents, flavors and taste maskers and other materials. The new platform is part of a new initiative from Roquette to improve its support of manufacturers in the pharmaceutical…
A closer look at the Wyzo high-speed pick-and-place sidebot
The robotics firm Wyzo (Ecublens, Switzerland) recently debuted a novel pick-and-place sidebot, which is suitable for various uses, including lightweight applications within pharmaceutical facilities. Pharmaceutical Processing World recently profiled the robot, which can support up to 80 picks per minute. To learn more about the robot, we reached out to Wyzo CEO Frank Souyris, who describes…
PSU resin suited for pharma sight gauges and other applications
Transparent Udel P-1700 polysulfone (PSU) from Solvay (Brussels) can withstand biopharmaceutical processing conditions thanks to its strength, heat resistance, hydrolytic stability and retention of mechanical properties under steam sterilization. Solvay notes that TBL Performance Plastics, a manufacturer of single-use products for biopharmaceutical manufacturers, recently used the Udel P-1700 PSU to make its Tri-Clamp tubular sight…
Woodstock Sterile Solutions hires first CFO
Woodstock, Ill.–based Woodstock Sterile Solutions has installed its first chief financial officer, Courtney Sanen. The blow-fill-seal contract development and manufacturing organization continues to build out its executive roster, hiring its first chief commercial officer, Bill Hartzel, in April. Hartzel was a former executive at Catalent Pharma Solutions. “Woodstock Sterile Solutions is poised for growth over…
Swiss startup Wyzo debuts novel robot that supports pharma applications
The robotics firm Wyzo (Ecublens, Switzerland) has launched what it deems the world’s first pick-and-place sidebot. Supporting pharmaceutical production line applications, the Wyzo robot can work side-by-side with humans without traditional protective barriers. The robot also supports up to 80 picks per minute. The Wyzo is also compatible with standard grippers. The company says that…