Esco leverages its expertise in life science manufacturing to provide end-to-end solutions for bioprocessing equipment and tools ranging from upstream to downstream applications.
We cater bioprocessing products intended for different stages of the bioprocessing workflow as follows:
Biological safety cabinets (BSC) are primary engineering control devices used for protecting laboratory technicians or operators from biohazards while also providing an aseptic environment for bioprocessing samples and reagents.
Bioreactors are vessels or reactors where cells can be inoculated, cultivated, and infected. The type of bioreactor depends on the specific cells to be cultured and the target product.
Micro/macrocarriers significantly increase the surface area for cells to adhere and grow. Macrocarriers should support the efficient oxygenation and waste transfer from cells to medium.
Monitoring cell growth is necessary to ensure that the cells grow as expected and as a process control to continue cell cultivation. Cell culture parameters such as glucose consumption, pH, DO, agitation, and temperature are commonly monitored.
Cell processing workflows require controlled environments and different equipment which are used more efficiently when integrated into an isolated system or cGMP facility.
Live cells and intracellular (or non-secreted) products can be obtained from bioreactors by cell harvesting procedures aided by special equipment.
Centrifuges are considered bioprocessing tools used especially for separating cells and/or products from the cell culture media at a specific speed.
CO2 incubators are capable of supplying CO2 (for pH) while maintaining the suitable temperature for cell growth. Mammalian cell culture at a small scale is usually performed in flasks incubated in a CO2 incubator.
Laboratory refrigerators and freezers are staple bioprocessing equipment necessary to protect samples, reagents, and products used in cell culture, bioprocessing, and final product storage.
Bioprocessing tools that are capable of handling high-risk microorganisms are needed to protect operators and products usually in a maximum containment facility classification based on WHO biosafety guidelines.
Culture medium is also considered as a bioprocessing tool that allows the in vitro culture of cells as they provide the nutrients needed for the proliferation and production of the target.
Laboratory shakers are commonly used bioprocessing equipment for incubation of different types of cells from microbial to mammalian.
BioNOC II®is a macrocarrier with a high surface area to volume ratio and allows efficient oxygen and waste transfer.
TideXcell® is a pilot-scale bioreactor designed for linearly scalable adherent cell culture and to achieve time, space, and cost reduction.
Filling line equipment completes the bioprocessing workflow after downstream processing to make drug substances and products.
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Filling line equipment completes the bioprocessing workflow after downstream processing to make drug substances and products.