Mumbai-based PharmNXT Biotech launched its first integrated manufacturing unit to provide single use bioprocessing solutions in Pune, a city 90 miles east of Mumbai. The manufacturing unit is called PharmNXT ekuse and is spread over an area of 40,000 sq.ft.
Single-use bioprocessing has recently experienced tremendous growth in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. This industry has witnessed technological advances ranging from material properties to the implementation of Industry 4.0. It is cost-effective, requires low maintenance, and lends itself to low operational expenditures, according to the company
The ekuse manufacturing facility will be engaged in crafting the Xelta range of single-use bioprocessing products and ‘NXTmix’ a levitating mixing technology. It will cater to requirements from global markets such as Singapore, Korea, Europe and USA.
Sachin Joshi, founder, PharmNXT Biotech said, “With the launch of this unit, we have stepped up our efforts to empower our regional and global clients and provide single-use products, solutions, at an accelerated pace. We are going to manufacture single use technologies such as single use storage bags and single use mixing solutions from this site.”
Co-founder, Ankush Kapoor added, “Single-use equipment is bound to revolutionize the vast majority of biomanufacturing process steps in facilities of biopharmaceutical companies.”
