Are Single-Use systems limited to specific stages of the manufacturing process?
Currently Single-Use technology can be utilized in a variety of stages as well as unit operations in bioprocessing manufacturing. However, some unit operations and process scales currently have limitations due to existing capital installed and lack of technologies available in SUS formats. Historically, media and buffer preparation were some of the first unit operations to utilize Single-Use technologies.As technologies have evolved, there are now larger scales and more unit operations such as Cell Culture, Mixing, Purification, Formulation and Filling.As the Single-Use industry continues to evolve and the bioprocessing industry realizes the benefits, further investments will be required from the supply base to develop even larger scales as well as newer technologies.
