Over the last few years, biopharmaceutical-processing platforms moved from rigid traditional stainless steel to flexible single-use technology.
The platforms created the ability to run the process more efficient and with higher agility. The need to evolve from fixed and rigid to flexible and agile systems did not stop with processes, but now shifted focus to facility designs.
Traditionally the facilities build, were product dedicated, large if not convoluted and involved lengthy time-to-run periods. New plug and play, lego format, facility designs are required to be able to create facility flexibility.
The paper will present such plug and play options, production process platforms, which can be employed fast track and with high degree of flexibility.
It will scrutinize the options and the feature and benefits of new modular designs, which can be assembled to entire processes or kept as unit operation. Example cases of such modular site designs will be presented.