W. L. Gore & Associates Release: New GORE Sterilizing-Grade Vent Filters Address Issues Associated With Larger, Heavier 50 Mm Vent Filters

Designed to Maximize Air Flow in a Smaller, Lighter Design

ELKTON, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) today announced the release of the new GORE® Sterilizing-Grade Vent Filters, a significantly smaller, lighter weight option to 50 mm vent filters for small scale, sterile venting and gas filtration.

“These vent filters offer a distinct performance advantage due to the lighter weight, smaller size and innovative membrane, providing biopharmaceutical manufacturers with a significant upgrade from the larger, conventional 50 mm vent filters for both GMP and non-GMP environments.”

Large 50 mm vent filters are known to cause tube kinking, leading to insufficient flow. The GORE Sterilizing-Grade Vent Filters address this common problem to provide biopharmaceutical manufacturers with a vent filter that delivers the same high airflow as 50 mm vent filters, yet at a fraction of the size and weight.

The vent filters feature a new innovative ePTFE membrane technology available only from Gore, used to deliver sterilizing-grade filtration performance, while achieving airflow rates you would expect from larger devices. Moreover, the significantly smaller, lighter weight design minimizes clutter in work areas, reduces the risk of cutting off airflow if tubing kinks and addresses the need to create improvised solutions to support heavy 50 mm vent filters.

“The GORE Sterilizing-Grade Vent Filters provide a smarter answer to small-scale sterile venting,” said Scott Ross, product specialist for the Gore PharmBIO filtration product portfolio. “These vent filters offer a distinct performance advantage due to the lighter weight, smaller size and innovative membrane, providing biopharmaceutical manufacturers with a significant upgrade from the larger, conventional 50 mm vent filters for both GMP and non-GMP environments.”

The GORE Sterilizing-Grade Vent Filters are designed for venting or in-line filtration applications with bottles and vessel assemblies, bioreactors, shaker flasks, carboys, holding or transfer vessels. The sterilizing-grade retention protects products from contamination making them ideal for use in biopharmaceutical GMP manufacturing and non-GMP labs and pilot areas working with mAbs, recombinant proteins, vaccines, conjugates, growth factors and plasma derivatives.

More information on the GORE Sterilizing-Grade Vent Filters can be found by visiting www.gore.com/ventfilter.

About W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Gore is a technology-driven company focused on discovery and product innovation, well known for waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX^® fabric. The company’s portfolio includes everything from high-performance fabrics and implantable medical devices, to industrial manufacturing components and aerospace electronics. A key business within the Enterprise, Gore PharmBIO products bring together Gore’s core technologies and competencies to uniquely satisfy the evolving technology, regulatory and quality needs for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device manufacturing segments found within the life sciences sector.

Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Newark, Delaware, Gore employs approximately 10,000 associates in 30 countries worldwide. Gore is one of a select few companies to appear on all of the U.S. “100 Best Companies to Work For” lists since the rankings debuted in 1984. The company also appears regularly on similar lists around the world. Learn more at gore.com.

Products listed may not be available in all markets. GORE® and GORE™ Membrane are trademarks of W.L. Gore & Associates.