Biopharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly making production decisions based on return-on-investment (ROI) calculations. Single-use systems and disposables are two such areas for which ROI benchmarking information is being sought to make manufacturing decisions.
Disposables use in biopharmaceutical manufacturing has grown steadily, as shown in a recent worldwide report and survey of 187 biopharmaceutical manufacturers and contract manufacturing organizations’ capacity and production. That survey quantified reasons for the increasing trend toward use of disposable systems and components and revealed continued interest in the use of disposables. However, interest has not always resulted in purchases of single-use equipment. Part of the reason, according to the survey, is a lack of economic data.
SOURCE: BioProcess International
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