Biotech and pharmaceuticals

A new medical era

Alfa Laval’s far-reaching experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnical field results in extensive knowledge of the stringent demands imposed both by control authorities and the industry.

Product integrity, i.e. the product retaining exactly the same characteristics in every production batch, is of vital importance to the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Alfa Laval’s equipment performs exactly to specification in an accurate and consistent manner ensuring high product quality and limiting the risk of time-consuming and expensive revalidation.

The biotech and pharmaceutical industries require ultra-clean processes. 125 years of sanitary applications have taught us the importance of hygienic design to minimize the risk of bacteriological growth and to eliminate risk factors such as air pockets, dead ends and stagnation zones. 

• Alfa Laval’s centrifugal separators play a key role in cell harvesting, broth clarification and separation of cell debris.
• Our membrane filtration systems separating less dense particles are ideal for whole broth clarification of antibiotics, amino acids and organic acids as well as for concentration of dextranes.
• Our plate heat exchangers are used for cooling and heating of liquids, condensation and media sterilization and our shell-and-tube heat exchangers cover applications such as water for injection (WFI).
• Our pumps, valves and other fluid handling equipment are certified for hygiene, accuracy and safety.
• Our advanced tank cleaning equipment eliminates product cross-contamination.
• Our continuous plate reactor offers major benefits in economy, production safety and environmental impact.