Automated containment cell with MOTOMAN HD7 for research and smaller laboratories

Filling of medicines under cleanroom conditions with a hygienic handling robot from Yaskawa

New regulations and the shortage of skilled workers are making automated filling of medicines increasingly interesting for smaller laboratories. Goldfuß Engineering has developed a new system in which a hygienic handling robot MOTOMAN HD7 from Yaskawa fills up to 120 vials per hour under clean room conditions.

For clinical trials or personalized medicine, small batch sizes of drugs are usually required, such as injection solutions filled into so-called vials. These small vials or glass jars must be sterile and aseptic. Small batch sizes make it uneconomical to fill them on conventional systems.

Thomas Goldfuß, CEO of Goldfuß Engineering, is convinced that automation will now also be appealing for smaller laboratories – for two reasons: firstly, the First Air principle in the new version of EU-GMP Annex 1 requires that all products must be continuously surrounded by clean, filtered air during an aseptic process. The second reason is, of course, the shortage of skilled workers.