Product/Service

Contract Development and Manufacturing of Highly Potent APIs

Source: Pfanstiehl, Inc.

Pfanstiehl is a global leader in the manufacture of cGMP-produced, high purity, injectable grade excipients and bioprocessing solutions.  The majority of leading biopharma firms trust Pfanstiehl to supply them with critical formulation components for their commercial manufacturing needs.

Process Development to Commercialization

Process Development to Commercialization From concept to commercial production, from grams to multi-metric ton quantities.

  • Process development
  • Analytical development
  • Scale up – engineering / safety
  • cGMP API / HPAPI manufacturing
  • Quality control
  • Quality assurance
  • Regulatory affairs
  • Dedicated project management

Process Development Highlights

  • Rapid chemical process development and route optimization, with an emphasis on SafeBridge process safety
  • Experience and expertise to overcome process bottlenecks and facilitate process improvements
  • Process development focus on yields, scalability, safety, limited environmental impact, and customer’s program economics
  • Process scale-up and validation support
  • Small scale SMB development
  • Lab-scale non-cGMP custom synthesis

Kilo Lab Manufacturing

Pfanstiehl has a multipurpose kilo lab containment facility on site including:

  • Carlisle glove box synthesis isolator – Hastelloy C filter and contained tray drying
  • 100 liter glass reactor in Howorth full containment fume booth
  • 100 liter Hastelloy C hydrogenation reactor (50 psi)
  • Broad processing temperature range – (-)80ºC to (+)200ºC
  • Certified to handle compounds down to 0.10 ug/m³ – SafeBridge Category 4 capable
  • Kilo-scale non-cGMP custom synthesis

Pilot and Commercial Scale Manufacturing

Pfanstiehl is equipped with:

  • Large Scale High Potency Manufacturing – Class 100,000 / SafeBridge Category 1-3 production facility
  • Multiple glass-lined 300 gallon reactor trains, with a total primary reactor capacity of 1,500 gallons
  • Flexible cGMP plant can produce up to ~100 Kg lots of potent / cytotoxic drugs
  • New 0.4 m² Hastelloy C Nutsche filter dryer with containment glove box isolator, as well as a multitude of portable Aurora filters (Hastelloy C and Stainless Steel)
  • Contained potent compound milling