News
January 2012
Biopharma is aware of a Welsh Government incentive to assist companies with facilities in Wales to purchase capital items and we would be pleased to assist you with any application for freeze dryers or other pharma and biotech…
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December 2011
BPS are looking for existing freeze dryers to buy back or offer a generous part exchange allowance against a new freeze dryer.
Machines will be evaluated individually on the basis of model, condition, service history and features. Should…
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October 2011
New accessories available for the miVac range of vacuum concentrator allow it to also be used as a miniature freeze drier, ideal for small laboratory tasks.

miVac Vacuum Concentrators
miVac is a range of vacuum concentrators capable of…
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October 2011
Frequency Modulated Spectroscopy (FMS) is a non-destructive gas analysis technique for simultaneously monitoring moisture partial pressure and total headspace pressure in sealed parenteral containers.
Moisture Analysis in Freeze Drying
Accurately estimating the moisture in a freeze dried product…
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October 2011
Earlier this year we hosted a one-day event focusing on emerging technologies and practices in freeze drying, and due to its success we are in the process of organising another for 2012.
2012′s event will be located in…
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October 2011
From Ger Smit, President of PennTech Machinery Corp
“How much water (WFI) does your washer use per hour?”
A simple question with insufficient information to be answered. The correct question is: “What is the minimum amount of WFI…
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Comparison of Lyophilisation Cycles for a BNCT agent using “traditional” and “SMART(R)” drying
This study was carried out by the
University of Strathclyde’s Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical…
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In freeze drying there are two key endpoints to consider: primary drying, in order to know when to advance into secondary drying, and the end of the overall process.
Where primary drying should end and secondary drying begin is not…
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May 2011
For many, first exposure to a freeze drying project will be in the laboratory environment and some knowledge of the freeze drying process and the equipment available will simplify later scale-up to pilot scale and production…
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