Pleated Membrane Filters Improve Process Economics

Drug manufacturers can take advantage of the better, faster, and smaller paradigm

The drive to develop better, faster, and smaller — in other words, more efficient — products is a universal trend in the modern world. This trend has profoundly impacted many industries from microelectronics to packaging equipment. In the biopharmaceutical industry, the need to speed and simplify the long and complex drug manufacturing processes brings additional challenges, such as meeting regulatory requirements.

Biopharmaceutical filtration is one area in which significant strides have been made in the better, faster, and smaller paradigm. Since most steps in biopharmaceutical manufacturing involve some form of filtration, innovations in this area can significantly compress the time to manufacture modern biological products, including biotechnology, blood products, and vaccines. New filter designs have contributed to faster flow rates, smaller filter and housing sizes, improved microorganism and particle retention, longer service life, and broader application. Advances in the speed, size, and performance of new-generation membrane filters translate into significant cost and time savings for biopharmaceutical manufacturers.

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