19 January 2012 -- TAP Biosystems (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, today announced it is collaborating with a major regenerative medicine company, to develop a custom manufacturing system to ensure the consistent quality of its innovative cell-based therapy.
TAP Biosystems’ team of specialist engineers, software designers and biologists are collaborating with staff at the regenerative medicine firm to design and develop an automated system for manufacturing their cell therapy.
TAP Biosystems is completing a design study and will then develop prototypes of custom manufacturing automation. The automation will control incubation, as well media addition and media decanting, to provide an aseptically controlled, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) compliant production line. The final system will enable increased throughput, and because operator intervention is minimised, will also reduce contamination risks and ensure cell therapy consistency.
Nick Cooke, COO at TAP Biosystems stated: “To continue to meet patient and regulatory demands, our customer is constructing an advanced cell therapy manufacturing facility. At the heart of this, they require a custom system for clinical production and were looking for a company with proven experience so approached TAP Biosystems. We have a long history of automating cell therapy manufacturing, going back to Cellmate over 20 years ago.”
Cooke added: “One of our core competences is providing engineering solutions for the challenges associated with reliable and consistent scale-up of cell lines for use in laboratory and clinical applications. We are delighted to use this skill set to design and develop automation which will help deliver this regenerative medicine firm’s advanced cell therapies to a wider patient population.”
For further information, please contact:
Matthew Walker, Head of Communications
York Way, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5WY, UK
Tel: +44 1763 227200 Fax: +44 1763 227201
