TAP Biosystems fill-it stainless steel vial filling system

TAP Biosystems has announced a stainless steel version of the fill-it system, designed for safely dispensing biohazardous materials such as vaccine stocks. The product is suited to the demands of working with highly potent vaccine stock.

The system fits into standard isolator cabinets, thus reducing the product contamination risk as well as the operator’s exposure to this biohazardous material. It automatically decaps, fills and recaps a rack of 24 vaccine vials every 2 min. This ensures vial-to-vial consistency and, because there is no need for any manual intervention, makes routine vial fill and finishing safer.

Each vaccine batch is aseptically processed using GMP-certified, single-use tubing that is destroyed after use. The product’s stainless steel exterior prevents corrosion and potential routes of contamination such as rust spots. It can also be sterilised after each batch run with high-strength hydrogen peroxide vapour, further reducing product contamination risk.