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Case study

Porton Biopharma

Bosch Filling Line

  • £1.3m

    Total Project Value

  • 180m2

    Scale

  • 43 weeks

    Turnaround

Porton Biopharma has a rich history in the development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals for a wide variety of diseases, including Erwinase® - a life-saving drug used to treat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), a type of cancer that particularly affects children.

In order to scale-up the manufacture of this life-saving product, T-SQUARED worked with Porton Biopharma to replace a highly labour-intensive manual production process with a fully validated biopharmaceutical filling suite. With a filling accuracy of more than 99.9%, the new line covers the entire process, from washing, depyrogenation and filling to stoppering, freeze-drying and capping.

With such an expensive product as Erwinase, it is crucial to not waste a drop. Every vial only contains one millilitre of product, which means it must be filled with the greatest accuracy.

The T-SQUARED team of design, construction and validation experts delivered its full turnkey service on this project, managing and delivering all design, procurement, construction and fit-out services throughout this important world-class facility.

From concept to completion, T-SQUARED’s multi-disciplined team provided us with design and installation services for the complex reconfiguration of Porton Biopharma’s biopharmaceutical sterile filling suite. The quality of installation, with managed partners by T-SQUARED, is indeed world-class - a completed install that Porton Biopharma is happy to show to partners and associates.

Nigel Hubbard

Project Manager, Porton Biopharma