The life science group Sartorius has successfully closed the acquisition of MatTek Corp, including Visikol Inc, from the Swedish BICO Group AB, as announced in April. The acquisition was completed on July 1, 2025, following the receipt of the required regulatory approval and the fulfillment of other customary closing conditions. With the integration of the business into its Lab Products and Services division, Sartorius is expanding its cell technology portfolio...

The life science group Sartorius has agreed to acquire MatTek Corp, including Visikol Inc, from BICO Group AB. MatTek is a leading developer and manufacturer of 3D microtissue models. Founded in 1985, the company employs more than 80 people at its headquarter in Ashland, Massachusetts, U.S., and its production site in Bratislava, Slovakia. The business, which will become part of Sartorius’ Lab Products & Services division...

When using highly sensitive analyzing methods, consistently high-quality laboratory water is essential for precise test results. Many labs still buy bottled water. Not only is this expensive, but bottled water also carries a higher risk of contamination because it is usually used by more than one person. This danger is reinforced through repeated opening and closing of the bottle as well as by taking water with pipettes for sample preparation...

The life science group Sartorius has opened its new Center of Excellence for bioanalytics in Ann Arbor, Michigan, two years after breaking ground in the Tech Loop at Research Park. Sartorius has invested around 100 million US dollars in the state-of-the-art facility, consolidating existing sites and functions in Ann Arbor. The number of employees at the site is expected to double over time...

The life science group Sartorius is expanding its multidisciplinary collaboration with NVIDIA to help enable the development of new and better therapies, combining Sartorius’ in-depth knowledge of life sciences and bioprocessing with NVIDIA’s AI-powered computing platforms and software. "Biological interactions are exceptionally complex. Making better use of data by integrating life science expertise with AI solutions is a promising approach to simplify and accelerate biopharma drug discovery and manufacturing progress...

Sartorius is collaborating with biopharmaceutical company Sanofi to develop an end-to-end platform for integrated and continuous downstream bioprocessing. Selected as a preferred supplier, Sartorius will contribute its engineering and manufacturing expertise to commercialize ICB platforms based on prototypes developed by Sanofi. In return, Sanofi will grant Sartorius exclusive access to its know-how and patents related to the ICB platform...

The life science group Sartorius and U.S.-based startup TheWell Bioscience have agreed to partner on the further development of hydrogels and bioinks tailored to produce 3D advanced cell models for drug discovery workflows. In addition to this, Sartorius will expand the portfolio of its lab division by distributing TheWell Bioscience's products and invest in a minority shareholding in the company...

The life science group Sartorius and UK-based startup SPARTA Biodiscovery have agreed to partner on SPARTA’s analysis platform, which helps speed up the development, manufacture, and quality control of nanoparticles for biopharmaceutical drugs. Nanoparticles are small polymer or lipid capsules that act as carriers to deliver active agents to the target cells. As part of the cooperation, Sartorius will invest up to 3.5 million British pounds in a minority shareholding in SPARTA Biodiscovery through its corporate investment unit Sartorius Ventures...

The life science group Sartorius and Repligen Corporation have announced the launch of an integrated bioreactor system that incorporates Repligen XCell® ATF upstream intensification technology into Sartorius’ Biostat STR® bioreactor, simplifying intensified seed train and N perfusion implementation for biopharmaceutical manufacturers. The Biostat STR® now contains a fully compatible embedded XCell® ATF hardware and software module offering predefined advanced control recipes with integrated Process Analytical Technology...

Waters Corporation and Sartorius announced a new collaboration to develop integrated analytical solutions for downstream biomanufacturing, expanding their joint agreement that began with upstream bioprocessing analytics. Software and hardware integrations between the Waters™ PATROL™ UltraPerformance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC™) Process Analysis System and the Sartorius™ Resolute® BioSMB™ multi-column chromatography platform will give bioprocess engineers access...

The life science group Sartorius extended a strategic collaboration partnership agreement with RoosterBio Inc. (RoosterBio) to address purification challenges and establish scalable downstream manufacturing processes for exosome-based therapies. Through this collaboration, Sartorius and RoosterBio will provide best-in-class solutions and expertise for a human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (hMSC) - based exosome production platform that delivers industry-leading yield, purity, and potency...

The life science group Sartorius and the Sweden-based BICO Group, a provider of instruments and consumables for bioprinting, bioscience and bioautomation applications, have agreed on a comprehensive technology as well as sales and marketing cooperation. As part of the partnership, both companies will enter into a research & development collaboration relating to 3D cell printing and associated technologies as well as digital solutions for cell line development workflows...

Sartorius BIA Separations (BIA), a leading bio-chromatography company, now part of the international life science group Sartorius, and Exopharm Ltd., a company at the forefront of transformative medicines using exosomes, or extracellular vesicles (EVs), announced they have entered into a formal collaboration. The two companies have signed a Material Transfer Agreement and associated collaborative programme that aims to exploit the synergy...

Sartorius entered a research partnership with The BASE Facility at The University of Queensland (UQ) to improve the manufacturing process of nucleic acid products led by the external collaboration group, Separation Technology Marketing team. The BASE facility is an internationally recognized leader in mRNA sciences at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) at UQ...

The life science group Sartorius, through its French listed subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech, has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Albumedix Ltd. from private investors. The Nottingham, UK-based company provides best-in-class recombinant albumin-based solutions. Recombinant human albumin is an important component for the biopharmaceutical industry required for various applications...

Sartorius and HOF Sonderanlagenbau, have announced a partnership to integrate two HOF horizontal plate freeze-thaw units into Sartorius’ portfolio offering customers a full suite of compatible freeze-thaw equipment and consumables.  This partnership will enable faster and easier implementation of robust frozen drug substance management platforms through improved validation and purchase support from a single supplier...

The life science group Sartorius is expanding its bioanalytics portfolio by acquiring a majority stake in ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH. The laboratory technology company based in Jena, Germany, develops, manufactures and markets solutions for the automated analysis, selection and isolation of cells. With these solutions, ALS enables life science customers to significantly reduce time to result and cost in cell line development and antibody discovery...

The life science company Sartorius will pay a total of around 20 million euros in special bonuses to employees in appreciation of their substantial commitment and special achievements in 2021. In Germany, this bonus will be 1,500 euros for each employee. “The second exceptional year under pandemic conditions is coming to a close. The massively increased demand for our innovative solutions that are used in the development and production of vaccines and medicines has been challenging for our employees...

Sartorius and Waters will partner to implement the BioAccord™ LC-MS System from Waters as a new bioprocess analyzer with data connectivity to Sartorius’ Ambr® multi-parallel bioreactor systems to deliver mass spectral information on drug substances, related analytes and cell culture media. This combination will greatly accelerate and improve the accuracy and speed of tasks from clone selection to bioprocess optimization...

Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, is expanding its presence in Michigan. Sartorius will open a new 130,000-square-foot (12,000-square-meter) state-of-the art plant in Ann Arbor in late 2023. “The new facility will consolidate existing business operations in Washtenaw County to create a center of excellence in Ann Arbor for the Laboratory and Bioprocess Products and Services in North America...

Pharmacopoeias are collections of recognized and binding quality regulations that specify, among other things, test requirements and methods for the analysis of drugs. Both the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) contain specific chapters that deal with the use of laboratory balances. The chapters emphasize the criticality of weighing samples accurately in pharmaceutical analytical processes...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, has entered into a partnership with McMaster University to improve manufacturing processes of antibody and virus-based treatments for diseases such as COVID-19, cancers, and genetic disorders. Using a state-of-the-art multi-column chromatography system provided by Sartorius Stedim Biotech, the McMaster team will “perfect” a process for the purification of therapeutic viruses...

To protect consumers and patients, the filling weight of finished goods and drugs must be checked gravimetrically. Uniformity of dosage unit measurements ensure that the mean weight meets the specified nominal package contents and is within permissible tolerances in order to avoid over- and underdosing. Average weight control prevents underfilling of prepacked goods...

The life science company Sartorius, through its subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech, acquired cell culture specialist Xell AG headquartered in Bielefeld, Germany. Xell AG develops, produces, and markets media and feed supplements for cell cultures, especially for manufacturing viral vectors that are used in gene therapeutics and vaccines....

The life science group Sartorius, through its subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech, has acquired a majority stake in the reagent manufacturer CellGenix GmbH. The company based in Freiburg, Germany, and with a sales subsidiary near the biotechnology hub in Boston, Massachusetts USA, produces and markets cell culture components, such as growth factors, cytokines and media in GMP quality for manufacturing cell and gene therapy products....

The life science group Sartorius has joined the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) as a corporate partner. The purpose of this global non-profit organization founded in the USA is to promote women’s business networks and career advancement in the life sciences, thus achieving gender parity in leadership positions in this sector...

The life science group Sartorius confirmed its preliminary figures for 2020 upon the release of its annual report. Group sales revenue surged by 30.2 percent to nearly 2,336 million euros in constant currencies (reported: +27.8 percent). Order intake¹ grew even more dynamically than sales revenue and was up 49.0 percent in constant currencies to 2,836 million euros (reported: +46.2 percent). Pandemic-related orders accounted for close to 14 percentage points of growth....

The universal digital platform from Metrohm integrates the latest laboratory balance from Sartorius. Thanks to an extension (QApp) implemented on the balance, Cubis® II from Sartorius has become a fully integrated module of the OMNIS platform. Opening OMNIS to leading third-party manufacturers underlines the commitment of the global market leader in titration to create the preferred universal digital platform for the laboratory of the 21st century....

Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, has supported CanSino Biologics Inc. (“CanSinoBIO”) and Maj. Gen. Chen Wei’s team at the Institute of Bioengineering at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences (“Institute of Bioengineering”) in China in their development of the first vaccine candidate against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to enter clinical trials....

Sartorius, a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry has introduced BioPAT® Spectro, a Quality by Design (QbD) tool for use with its ambr® automated micro and mini bioreactor systems and with the single-use production bioreactors BIOSTAT STR®. The new tool offers access to Raman spectroscopy analysis in high throughput process development, supporting faster Raman model building and accelerating scale-up into commercial manufacturing....

Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) have established the Sartorius AI Lab (SAIL) research laboratory. On the DFKI campus in Kaiserslautern, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Sartorius products and platform solutions is being experimentally tested and further developed at SAIL....

You need to remove coarse and fine particulates down to the submicron range step-by-step before you can analyze samples from cannabis plant material. Sartorius offers tools and technologies to make your whole clarification process easier and quicker. Our Minisart® Syringe Filters come in a wide range of cut-offs to efficiently eliminate the finest particles from your cannabis sample prep....

Sartorius will be showcasing the latest addition to its cellular analysis portfolio on booth #103 at this year’s CYTO® conference and exhibition, with the launch of the Intellicyt iQue3. The event – which takes place in Vancouver, Canada, from June 22 to 26 – will give delegates the chance to explore a smarter way to perform flow cytometry experiments. The iQue3 is designed to provide fully automated processing and analysis for flow cytometry workflows....

A reliable and precise pipette is a must in every laboratory. The Sartorius Tacta® pipette is chemically very durable and offers you the possibility to use Safe-Cone filters, which protect the pipette from any solvent fumes that may occur while preparing Cannabis products for chemical analysis. Furthermore, with it’s easy-to-clean design Tacta® facilitates thorough decontamination of its pipette parts before microbiological testing....

Researchers to benefit from an innovative software-connected pipetting system, bringing improved reproducibility and traceability of experiments to life-science laboratories. Andrew Alliance S.A. and Sartorius has announced the launch of the Andrew Alliance Pipette+ system, which uniquely provides both full traceability and improved repeatability in manual pipetting for life science laboratories. Andrew Alliance, the robotics company with an...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry has announced the launch of the BIOSTAT® RM TX single-use bioreactor, a new wave mixed system developed specifically for closed, automated expansion of consistent quality cell products such as ex vivo cellular immunotherapies. This new GMP platform, which combines SSB’s established single-use Flexsafe® bag technology with the company’s expertise in biopharmaceutical automation, will be introduced at....

Is pipetting your microwell plate the most concentration-intensive task of the day? Picus® is a versatile electronic pipette with unique features designed to help you overcome the challenges of pipetting in microwell plates, providing you with accurate and precise results and superior ergonomics. The in-build plate tracker for 96-well and 384-well plates guides you to pipette into the correct wells. Multi-dispensing mode of Picus® with the smart plate tracker functionality increases reliability and efficiency in your microwell plate work....

Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Penn State University have entered into a collaborative partnership to advance multidisciplinary teaching and research in biotechnology. This long-term relationship will support the education and preparation of the next generation of biotechnology leaders. Part of Sartorius’ investment will be to enhance the Fermentation Facility that will play a significant role in Penn State’s Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology (CoEIB). Sartorius will provide state-of-the-art fermentation technologies, and a central laboratory...

Have you accidentally missed a well or pipetted twice into the same well when using microwell plates? Laboratory professionals rate missing a well during pipetting as one of the most common sources of errors and frustration when working with microwell plates. Causes for  losing track range from interruptions during pipetting to the handling small volumes of colorless liquids that make it difficult to visually identify empty and filled wells....

Sartorius Stedim Biotech a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, and Repligen Corporation a global life sciences company focused on bioprocessing technologies, have entered into a collaboration agreement to integrate Repligen’s XCell™ ATF cell retention control technology into SSB’s BIOSTAT® STR large-scale single-use bioreactors...

Promoting interdisciplinary exchange between science and industry on the topics of regenerative medicine and cell therapy: this is the objective Sartorius will be pursuing by hosting its second Research Xchange Forum on March 20 and 21, 2018, at Sartorius College in Goettingen.

Sartorius and Johnson Matthey both based in Royston, hosted an ‘Introduction to Children Challenging Industry (CCI)’ event at Sartorius’ Royston site in July 2017.

The event was attended by several local science and technology companies who wanted to find out more about the CCI programme, designed to provide 9-11-year-old children with positive perceptions of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) based careers....

Award entails publication in Science magazine and prize money of U.S. $25,000 - Exceptional scientists are invited to apply

Sartorius, a leading international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment provider, together with the renowned Science magazine will award a Sartorius & Science Prize for Regenerative Medicine & Cell Therapy...

Your hand will feel great!

Up to 40% of lab professionals suffer from injuries related to pipette use. Your hand knows that. Reduce your risk of injury by using Sartorius pipettes designed for natural hand movement and professional workflow. For the ultimate user experience, order your personal pipette for a free trial period to discover on your own what the ideal combination of ergonomics, absolute reliability and a well-balanced design will do for you....

New small-scale crossflow device for low-viscosity water-based protein solutions

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has extended its product line of small-scale Sartocon® Slice 50 crossflow devices by Slice 50 ECO. This new crossflow filter has been specially designed for water-based protein solutions with viscosities below 3 cp....

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier to the biopharmaceutical industry, has announced an agreement with Nova Biomedical (Nova), a well-known US manufacturer of cell culture analyzers, to integrate their BioProfile® FLEX2 into the ambr® multi-parallel bioreactor systems for automated, at-line cell culture analytics. 

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, announced the launch of a full range of chemistry testing services.

Offered by its subsidiary BioOutsource, they characterize the physicochemical properties and structural attributes of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The service platform methods have been developed to ensure rapid sample analysis and reporting for mAbs and biosimilars....

New generation of bioreactors combined with new Flexsafe STR® bags offer a fully scalable, single-use system. Systems enable significant reduction of bioprocess development timelines and costs.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, announced the launch of its next generation BIOSTAT STR®, a fully scalable, single-use bioreactor family based on a conventional stirred-tank design....

Sartorius and EMBL join forces to offer advanced training and science education

Sartorius is now a member of the group of corporate EMBL partners aiming to connect industry to academia. Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment supplier, yesterday announced a partnership with EMBL, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory....

Unique technology portfolio enables design space characterization, effective translation to the large-scale and enhanced process analytics

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has developed an innovative and fully integrated technology platform to meet the requirements of today’s upstream bioprocessing. It will allow customers to adopt a Quality by Design (QbD) approach in which they build quality into their biological products by combining the power of high-throughput mini bioreactors with...

Assemblies save up to 60 percent on processing time and offer a safe approach to ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced its polyethersulfone membrane (PESU) is now integrated into two new, sterile Sartocon® benchtop and production scale filtration assemblies. Using these assemblies guarantees rapid and safe ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines....

With a Case Study from WuXi Biologics Detailing the Advantages of Integrating Bioreactor Models with Single-use Production Scale Bioreactors

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced that it is co-presenting a new bioprocess webinar with WuXi Biologics, a premier Contract Discovery, Development and Manufacturing Organization, on Thursday 20^th October. Two live events (at 09.00 GMT and 15.00 GMT) will include detail how WuXi Biologics is using ambr^® micro and mini bioreactorplatforms....

Assemblies save up to 60 percent on processing time and offer a safe approach to ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced its polyethersulfone membrane (PESU) is now integrated into two new, sterile Sartocon® benchtop and production scale filtration assemblies. Using these assemblies guarantees rapid and safe ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines....

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched the single- use ultrafilter Sartocon® Slice 50.

The new crossflow filter device is designed for use in biotechnological applications, especially for membrane screening and small-volume process development. Sartocon® Slice 50 is offered as an encapsulated and ready-to-use crossflow module with a filter area of 50 cm² and a wide variety of molecular weight cutoffs....

Unique product and service portfolio extensively covers all steps from cell line development to commercial manufacturing processes

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has developed an innovative and fully integrated technology platform to meet the requirements of today’s upstream bioprocessing. It combines a top-performing expression system with outstanding equipment and process control for the rapid development and scale-up of robust, high-titer commercial manufacturing processes...

In-depth profiling of IgG glycosylation coupled with ADCC assays enables generation of robust biosimilar comparability data

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, announced the launched of a new Released N-Glycan Assay for the in-depth profiling of IgG glycosylation. This new physico-chemical assay, developed by SSB’s subsidiary BioOutsource and offered in combination with its unique Antibody Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity (ADCC) assay platform, combines data on the molecular structure...

New expandable benchtop workstation with unique single-use bioreactor design offers a simple approach to process development for fermentation and cell culture

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today introduced the ambr® 250 modular, an innovative benchtop mini bioreactor system for parallel fermentation or cell culture. This system combines a unique single-use bioreactor vessel and expandable system design to offer bioprocess scientists access to advanced benchtop bioreactor technology for process development....

To help Indian researchers access a portfolio of excellent services from BioOutsource and Cellca

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary BioOutsource has appointed Ravin Mehta as Technical Sales Specialist to enable customers to have access to Cellca and BioOutsource’s early stage development services for biosimilar drug candidates....

Cellca’s Cell Line and Upstream Process Development Services Now Integrated

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry announced that its subsidiary BioOutsource launched an updated website to spotlight Sartorius Stedim Cellca’s cell line and upstream process development services for the biopharmaceutical industry. The new microsite features insights into the technology and development services of Cellca most recently acquired...

Presents data showing how the system can be used to support batch and high density fed batch microbial screening

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced a poster presented at BPI Europe, entitled, ‘A novel automated micro bioreactor for high density fed batch microbial screening applications’ is now available online. The poster details how scientists at SSB assessed the new ambr^® 15 fermentation system as a model for benchtop bioreactors to support development of batch and high density fed-batch microbial cultures...

To Continue Building Analytical Capabilities for Testing Drugs and Vaccines

Sartorius Stedim BioOutsource, a leading provider of contract testing services to the biopharmaceutical industry, is pleased to announce that it is looking to almost double the scientific workforce at its Glasgow facilities in 2016. The new staff will help to meet increasing global demand for the firm’s analytical expertise in testing a wide range of biologics-based drugs and vaccines. BioOutsource’s facilities in Glasgow have...

How Providing Comprehensive Data Can Accelerate Drug Development

Sartorius Stedim BioOutsource today announced that its scientific experts will be presenting a live webinar about optimizing biosimilar analysis on Thursday, June 2, at 3 pm BST, 10 am EDT. The webinar is essential listening for researchers who want to understand how to select optimal clones and processes to accelerate development of their biosimilars. During the one-hour webinar, Dr. Martin De Cecco, and...

Providing 9-11-year-old children with a unique opportunity to experience an exciting high-tech manufacturing environment

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) is delighted to announce that its Royston site has joined the Children Challenging Industry (CCI programme) and is offering primary and middle schools an on-site workshop and learning resources for 9-11-year-old children. Sartorius Stedim Biotech in Royston is only the second company in the south of England to join the CCI programme, which has been successfully running in the north of...

New ready-to-use assays enable quick and simple generation of precise biosimilar comparability data

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, presents a range of ready-to-use assays for testing Actemra, Stelara and Lucentis biosimilars. The new assays, launched by SSB’s subsidiary Sartorius Stedim BioOutsource, will allow biopharma manufacturers to generate accurate comparability results rapidly and cost-effectively. Utilizing its extensive expertise in...

Cambridge Regional College Awards Recognises Firm’s Outstanding Apprenticeship Scheme

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) is delighted to announce that its Royston site has won two prestigious awards at the Annual Cambridge Regional College Apprenticeship Dinner. The company was chosen as category winners for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Apprenticeships and then went on to win “Overall Employer of the Year”. These awards recognize Sartorius in Royston as an...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched the single- use ultrafilter Sartocon® Slice 50.

The new crossflow filter device is designed for use in biotechnological applications, especially for membrane screening and small-volume process development. Sartocon® Slice 50 is offered as an encapsulated and ready-to-use crossflow module with a filter area of 50 cm² and a wide variety of molecular weight cutoffs. The cGMP validated self-contained unit eliminates the need for a compression holder and is available...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched the single- use ultrafilter Sartocon® Slice 50.

The new crossflow filter device is designed for use in biotechnological applications, especially for membrane screening and small-volume process development. Sartocon® Slice 50 is offered as an encapsulated and ready-to-use crossflow module with a filter area of 50 cm² and a wide variety of molecular weight cutoffs. The cGMP validated self-contained unit eliminates the need for a compression holder and is available in a...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced a new paper entitled, ‘Shortening Timelines for Upstream Bioprocessing of Protein-based Therapeutics’ has been published in the journal, BioPharma Asia.

The paper details how scientists at leading Asian pharmaceutical company, WuXi AppTec are using the ambr^® 15 automated micro bioreactor system to mimic bench-top and production scale bioreactors, producing comparable results with cell growth, cell metabolism and protein production, including similar protein titre to BIOSTAT^® STR single-use bioreactors.In the article, one case study describes how...

Responding to the needs of users in the laboratories, Sartorius presents a new range of mechanical pipettes with a perfectly balanced design offering reliability, accuracy and comfortable use.

Now available from Sartorius, the Tacta range of premium mechanical pipettes. Tacta has perfectly balanced design that it is easy, safe and comfortable to use. Tacta meets the most demanding pipetting requirements, delivering consistent and accurate results time after time. Manufactured from carefully selected materials, each component is designed to meet the highest standards of comfort and reliability. The new pipettes are...

The ideal solution for scaling studies and low volume ultra- and diafiltration operations

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, announces the launch of SARTOFLOW® Smart, the smart and easy benchtop crossflow system for optimized ultra- and diafiltration applications. It can ideally be used in many downstream processes, such as purification of vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins. The system is suitable for flexible use in laboratory...

The ideal solution for scaling studies and low volume ultra- and diafiltration operations

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, announces the launch of SARTOFLOW® Smart, the smart and easy benchtop crossflow system for optimized ultra- and diafiltration applications. It can ideally be used in many downstream processes, such as purification of vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins. The system is suitable for flexible use in laboratory...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, introduced the new ambr® 15 fermentation system, an automated micro bioreactor system designed to enhance microbial strain screening with advanced capabilities supporting fed-batch microbial cultures.

The new system, based on the gold-standard ambr 15 micro bioreactor technology, has been designed to meet the requirements of microbial fermentation. It comprises 24 single-use stirred micro bioreactors (each with an 8-12mL working volume) integrated to a user-friendly, automated workstation. The system offers parallel processing and walk-away control of 24 micro bioreactors, providing fermentation scientists with...

Filter 8 samples simultaneously without any power supply or vacuum|pressure sources.

Simply place the filters on your receiving vials and gently close the station – done.

Rapidly reveals the factors to consider when using ADCC assays for producing precise biosimilar comparability data

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) BioOutsource today announced a new video is now available on-line explaining how to overcome the issues associated with using antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) assays. The bite-sized video outlines the factors affecting the use of ADCC assays and discusses what to consider when determining comparability and designing biosimilar drugs. In just five minutes, bioassay development experts...

Presents data on factors that affect the sensitivity of ADCC assays and discusses how to optimise methodology

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) BioOutsource today announced a new paper entitled, ‘As easy as ADCC’ has been published in the respected journal, European Biopharmaceutical Review. The article outlines the factors affecting the use of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) assays and discusses when to use different types of ADCC assays to guide the design of biosimilar drugs and determine comparability...

Today, single-use bags are increasingly used in all process steps of biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Their robustness, performance and quality consistency are crucial for ensuring the safety and economy of bioprocesses.

This is why Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, developed a new polyethylene film and the Flexsafe® family of bags that provide outstanding quality and significantly facilitate implementation of next-generation single-use factories.

Trends and Challenges in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance

The Sartorius Lab Technology Forum will focus on the latest trends and challenges in quality assurance and regulatory compliance. This is the perfect opportunity to share knowledge and novel approaches with industry leaders and peers. International experts from the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, universities and the National Regulatory & Safety Institutes will cover topics of high interest around quality control, development...

Presents data on how scientists at Merck are using the ambr^® 250 system as a tool for rapid development of both cell culture bioprocesses and microbial fermentation

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced a new paper entitled, ‘Automated disposable small-scale bioreactor reactor for high-throughput process development: implementation of the 24 bioreactor array’ has been published in the respected, peer reviewed journal, Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing. The paper details how scientists at leading pharmaceutical firm, Merck are utilising the ambr^® 250 automated mini bioreactor system to improve process...

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Redesigned Sartobind® membrane adsorber capsules offer higher binding capacities, reduced void volumes, less buffer consumption and lower operational costs

To more effectively recover large molecular weight proteins, such as blood factors and conjugated proteins or viruses and virus-like particles, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has reconfigured its Sartobind® membrane chromatography capsules. A range of capsule sizes with a 4 mm bed height is now available from the 1 mL nano unit up to the new 2.5 L jumbo version. The capsules’ upstream flow channels have been optimized, and an internal core...

Save Space and Effort  in Your Lab

Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment supplier, introduces a completely new concept for packaging pipette tips: FlexiBulk. The new bulk package with its well-organized tip arrangement saves valuable space in the laboratory. Compared with conventional bulk tip packages, the stackable FlexiBulk boxes take up to 40% less space, and cut packaging waste by nearly 50%, while reducing transportation costs and laboratories’ carbon footprint.

To Accelerate Production at New Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products Manufacturing Facility in Wales

TAP Biosystems (now part of the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Group), a leading supplier of innovative cell culture and fermentation systems for life science, is delighted to announce its Cellmate automated cell culture system has been chosen by leading stem cell therapy firm, ReNeuron to produce clinical and commercial stem cell therapies at the new Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) Manufacturing Facility in Wales. Cellmate, which has been...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industries, today acquired the Scottish company BioOutsource Ltd.

The privately owned company based in Glasgow, UK, has been operating in the biotechnology market since 2007, and in the last twelve months earned revenue of around 9 million euros with approx. 85 employees. The contractual parties agreed not to disclose any further details of the transaction. BioOutsource provides contract testing services to global biopharmaceutical clients in order to monitor the safety and quality of biologic drugs and...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has introduced Sartoclear Dynamics®, a clarification system featuring new single-use technology for harvesting mammalian cell cultures with high cell densities.

Continuous improvements in growth media and cell lines have elevated biomass concentrations in bioprocesses. Therefore, these increasingly higher concentrations place growing challenges on the purification process. As body feed filtration has proved to be the best solution to solve similar challenges in related industries, Sartorius Stedim Biotech has now developed this robust technology for biotech applications. Specially designed for cGMP processing...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading global supplier of the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched a new version of its proven stainless steel fermentor/bioreactor BIOSTAT® D-DCU.

The compact and modular, in-situ sterilizable system is suitable for microbial and cell cultures and is supplied in working volumes of 10 to 200 liters. Typical application areas for the BIOSTAT® D-DCU include the process development and production of small-batch biopharmaceutics, vaccines, enzymes, along with antibiotics and other secondary metabolites.

The new Sartorius semi-micro balances feature unsurpassed weighing technology available within their 5-digit class in the standard market segment today.

We offer a unique selection, giving you five different models to choose from. These semi-micro balances deliver outstanding performance at an affordable price. Plus, they are backed by the excellent quality standards of products “Made in Germany”.

Offering Medical Laboratories a One-stop Shop for Calibrating a Range of Laboratory Equipment to Comply with ISO 15189

Sartorius UK, a leading laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment supplier, is delighted to announce that it has been granted an extension to its UKAS ISO17025 for servicing centrifuges. This means that medical laboratories can now access UKAS accredited servicing for on-site or remote testing and calibration of pipettes, balances and centrifuges from one UK-based supplier.As part of the drive for standardised quality testing in the UK, medical laboratories...

Enables Robust, Flexible Bioprocess Development in Single-use Bioreactors

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced the 2015 version of the ambr^® systems (ambr^® 15 and ambr^® 250) will be supplied with integrated BioPAT^® MODDE Software for Design of Experiments (DoE), powered by Umetrics. This will allow bioprocess scientists to easily implement DoE into their work flow for simpler process optimisation and scale-up to larger single-use BIOSTAT^® pilot and manufacturing scale bioreactors...

Sartorius’ moisture analyzers deliver fast, easy and precise results for process and quality control applications.

You can choose from a broad range of moisture analyzers – from the user-friendly basic model to our high-end moisture analyzer. The MA160 uses the thermogravimetric method to determine the moisture content of liquid, pasty and solid substances – conveniently, reliably and in a minimum of time. It delivers prompt, repeatable results and supports the development of new methods....

Sartorius introduces the new Entris, a balance that focuses on the most commonly used weighing applications and dispenses with costly additional functions.

The Entris analytical and precision balance is available in 15 models, covering a weighing capacity from 60 g to 8,200 g with a readability of 0.1 mg to 0.1 g. With Entris, users get a reliable balance in the well-known Sartorius quality. Most models of the new Entris family are equipped with a monolithic weighing system featuring external adjustment or an internal, motorized adjustment function. That is how this Sartorius balance delivers...

TAP Biosystems a leading supplier of innovative cell culture and fermentation systems for life science applications, has announced the development of a stainless steel version of the fill-it™ system, designed for safely dispensing biohazardous materials such as vaccine stocks.

The stainless steel version of fill-it was developed in response to a request from a major pharmaceutical company and is ideally-suited to the demands of working with highly potent vaccine stock.  It fits into standard isolator cabinets, thus reducing the product contamination risk, as well as the operator’s exposure to this biohazardous material. The system automatically decaps, accurately fills and recaps a rack of...

TAP Biosystems has announced that its new ambr250™ automated mini bioreactor system has already been chosen by a number of major pharmaceutical, biotech and CRO firms as a high-throughput, scale-down bioreactor model for their process development and optimisation programmes.

TAP Biosystems is delighted to announce its ambr15 micro bioreactor system is being used at the leading US-based Contract Manufacturing Organisation (CMO), Gallus BioPharmaceuticals, LLC (“Gallus”) to optimise process development and clone selection of novel antibody therapeutics and biosimilars.

Gallus’ scientists are using the ambr15 micro bioreactor in their new, state-of-the-art Process Development facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The system is being used for clone selection programmes to determine which CHO cell lines are stable and produce the highest titre mAbs. They are also using the ambr system to optimise media selection and feed strategies for these mAbs, which are being developed as antibody therapeutics and biosimilars for some of the world’s top pharma and biotech firms...

The Cubis Lab Balance from Sartorius Helps to Improve Quality Control at Contract Manufacturer hameln pharma 

The Customer. For more than 60 years hameln pharma has specialized on the contract manufacturing of parenteral solutions and suspensions. With more than 400 employees, hameln pharma produces liquid medicines that – aseptically produced or terminally sterilized – are filled into ampoules or vials for national and international pharmaceutical companies. hameln pharma has extensive expertise and a log track record, especially in the production of highly demanding pharmaceutical products such as anesthetics, flammable liquids, and cold chain products....

Sartorius Stedim Biotech introduces advanced system for agar and membrane transfer 

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading global supplier for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, is introducing Microsart @media to complement Microsart @vance, a product line for microbiological quality control in these sectors. Microsart @media are agar media dishes for Microbial Limits Testing according to the USP (Chapter <61>) and EP (Chapter 2.6.12). They are pre-filled with various agar media types, such as Tryptic Soy Agar or R2A Agar, sterile packaged and ready-to-use in combination with Microsart @filter units....

Sartorius appoints internationally experienced laboratory manager to join its top management team

Realtime PCR for the rapid detection of mycoplasma contamination

Mycoplasma are among the world’s smallest bacteria capable of independent reproduction. They belong to the class of Mollicutes and have a very slow and parasitic growth. They cause many infections in animals and plants. Mycoplasma are very difficult to control as they lack the bacterial cell wall, which is the main point of attack for many antibiotics. For this reason, a complete retention with conventional cell structure sterile filters (0.2 μm pore size) is not possible.....

The UniVessel^® SU is a stirred tank single-use bioreactor. It combines the proven, scalable design of glass bioreactors and the fast turnaround of single-use systems.

UniVessel^® SU is compatible with your controller and can be used interchangeably with glass vessels to help you efficiently manage peak workloads despite challenging timelines. The broad range of accessories, such as a heating | cooling jacket, heating blanket, pressure relief unit and dedicated motor adaptors, enables you to connect the UniVessel^® SU culture vessel to virtually any brand of bioreactor controller that you already use....

Sartorius has launched a user-friendly, highly accurate standard laboratory balance on the market: Quintix®.

Its intuitive operating design guides users fast with fail-safe confidence through the many weighing applications built into the balance, helping to enhance laboratory workflows. The new Sartorius lab balance is available in a choice of 12 models with weighing capacities ranging from 120 g to 5,100 g and readabilities extending from 0.1 mg to 1 g. User-friendly weighing applications. The user interface of the Sartorius Quintix® balance was developed by Sartorius in teamwork with experienced lab users. All applications are shown as self-explanatory icons on the Quintix® touch screen and can be precisely selected even when the user is wearing lab gloves...

Redefining Standard in Lab Weighing

With the new Quintix® you will increase the efficiency of your daily lab work. The intuitive touch-screen in combination with the most precise weighing technology makes Quintix® the only choice to achieve the best results in a standard lab. You will benefit from improved workflows by easy-to-use application programs. If you need to generate GLP- | GMP-compliant documents, you will save considerable time and effort with the “plug & work” connectivity of Quintix®....

Meet Picus – the Red Dot awarded electronic pipette that eases your work load, protects you from injuries by ensuring optimal working posture and allows accurate and precise pipetting results!

Known as forerunner in liquid handling products with a long history in developing ergonomic, high quality pipettes, Biohit has now set a completely new standard for electronic pipettes. A dedicated team of R&D and ergonomics professionals, together with laboratory personnel, has developed a new technology with your needs and well being in mind. The result is the most ergonomic and sophisticated pipette in the market for laboratory professionals who demand the highest quality, safety and reliability in their work....

We’ve got what you’re looking for!

Sartorius offers the Ultimate in Ultrafiltration Devices for fast processing speeds and high sample recoveries for all your concentration needs in the lab. All devices offer the combination of high process speed combined with high sample recoveries of even dilute samples. To help you choose the right device for your application, we offer a Sartorius ultrafiltration product poster showing our broad portfolio at one glance....

Your best assistant in ultra and diafiltration

The SARTOFLOW® Study will prove to be your best assistant in ultra- and diafiltration applications. This manual benchtop Crossflow system has been optimized for ultrafiltration, microfiltration and diafiltration applications used in many downstream processes. It will assist you by conveniently displaying interactive prompts for easy guidance through entire sequences that will enable you to be more productive during the purification of monoclonal antibodies, vaccines or protein solutions....

Easy, Reliable Weighing in Regulated Areas

The new Secura® is a laboratory balance that does far more than set new standards in metrological specifications. Beyond its technical specs, Secura® also gives you the security and serenity of knowing that you have done everything right according to best practices to ensure the quality of your measurement results, compliance with regulatory requirements and your efficiency as well...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharmaceutical and biotech supplier, has entered into a global sales partnership with Umetrics AB, a Swedish software manufacturer. Umetrics is a highly specialized, leading provider of chemometrics software worldwide for modeling and optimizing biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing processes

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharmaceutical and biotech supplier, has announced a substantial expansion of its product array in the cell culture range

The company signed a cooperation agreement with the Swiss-based life science group Lonza on long-term, global collaboration in the field of cell culture media. Cell culture media are growth substances and nutrients for cells or microorganisms and are required in every biopharmaceutical manufacturing process. The cooperation agreement provides that SSB will assume global sales and marketing of Lonza’s media and buffers used in the manufacture of protein-based therapeutics and vaccines, while Lonza will continue to carry out development, manufacture and logistics operations for these products

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharma supplier, has launched the Sartoguard NF prefilter series, completing its range of Sartoguard prefilters

• Innovative nanofleece technology provides high flow rates and total throughput performance in combination with excellent clarification capabilities
• New series concludes the launch of SSB´s Sartoguard range of prefilters

The BIOSTAT® B fermenter | bioreactor has been specially designed to cover the wide variety of requirements in biotechnological and biopharmaceutical research and development

The Sartorius technology group extended its successful arium® lab water family by three new product lines: the arium® pro ultrapure water system, the arium® advance pure water system and the arium® comfort combination system

Maximum flexibility for microbial and cell culture applications | Intuitive operation; user-friendly design

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharma and biotech provider, is bringing a completely revamped generation of its successful bioreactor series out on the market: BIOSTAT® B. This autoclavable fermentor / bioreactor has been specially designed to cover the wide variety of requirements in biotechnological and biopharmaceutical research and development. BIOSTAT® B can be supplied as a flexible basic unit for preclinical research on up to a ready-configured, fully qualified bioreactor system that meets the requirements of a validated GMP environment...

Water Purification with Added Value

• Sixteen million euros invested in the expansion of production capacity
• Filter plant upgraded and extended
• Relocation of aseptic bag manufacture from California to Puerto Rico

• SSB sells and distributes Serratia marcescens nuclease worldwide
• Perfect addition to SSB´s purification product portfolio
  

Sartorius, a laboratory equipment manufacturer and provider, presents its product portfolio of thermo- gravimetric analyzers featuring extensive modifications and new features. The Sartorius range of infrared drying balances has been streamlined, while the MA45, MA50 and MA145 moisture analyzer models have been combined into the new MA150 series...

Allows fastest sample concentration with highest recoveries

Vivaspin® Turbo 15 centrifugal concentrators offer the optimal solution to any concentration or buffer exchange application with their broad range of MWCOs. Vivaspin^® Turbo 15 can handle up to 15 ml sample volume in swing bucket rotors and 11ml in fixed angle rotors accepting 50 ml centrifuge tubes...

Fully Flexible for Advanced Process Development

Experience the new generation of BIOSTAT^® B-DCU II Fermentor/Bioreactors, designed for meeting demanding requirements in both research and process development. Choose from pre-configured packages, build your own from a range of standard options, or customize to meet your needs!

• Gain more Flexibility!
• Optimize your Space!
• Save your Time!

Full flexibility and outstanding crossflow filtration performance combined