Astech journeys through tablet processing jungle
Astech Projects, of Runcorn in the UK, has launched Tablet-Pro, a tablet processing system for drug content analysis that fully automates content uniformity testing and stability analysis in order to attain, according to the company, higher throughput rates than ever before.
Astech Projects, of Runcorn in the UK, has launched Tablet-Pro, a tablet processing system for drug content analysis that fully automates content uniformity testing and stability analysis in order to attain, according to the company, higher throughput rates than ever before.
'Current industry expectations are one tablet every 30 minutes, which creates backlogs in batch testing,' said Anthony Moran, business development manager. 'Tablet-Pro improves scalability to allow users to specify the number of homogenisers, vessel size and volumes for dissolution.'
Long term reliability is conferred through robust, high-spec robotics, while filter life is extended by the use of 'thorough back flushing', enabling one filter to last for 'up to 50 samples of the same tablet' and consequently reducing running costs and the need for potentially expensive, consumables. Supplementary software supports parallel processing functions for high-throughput and is fully compliant with 21 CFR Part 11 and Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP).
Traditionally a specialist bespoke solution provider, Astech targeted flexibility as a priority in the design of the Tablet-Pro, and has consequently made it able to be integrated with liquid chromatography (LC) systems, chromatographic data systems (CDS) and proprietary stand-alone tablet testing systems.
Established in 1995, Astech develops and supplies advanced automated system solutions. Its areas of expertise include pharmaceutical development and life sciences, and it is probably best known for its automated inhalation and regulatory respiratory technology.