Scientists typically face the choice of whether to implement re-usable or single-use bioreactors. Single-use technologies have obvious per-run costs which can seem off-putting, however, whilst re-usable technologies seem more economical to run there are many costs hidden in the process of using such bioreactors, specifically in the preparation/decommissioning time, cleaning reagents, sterilization processes and validation required for each run.
In addition to monetary and time costs, independent studies have shown that employing single use technologies will typically halve the energy consumption and environmental impact of your cell culture processes.
Single-use bioreactors offer scientists the ability to:
- Adapt & react quickly – with turnaround times being a fraction of those of re-usable bioreactors you can be up and running with a completely different process with significantly reduced risk of cross-contamination.
- Significantly increase productivity – with quicker turnaround times and inherent flexibility your lab can be producing for much more time, up to twice as much, compared to using re-usable bioreactors!
- Accelerate your research, development & process optimization – with less time spent cleaning & preparing your bioreactors you and your team can have more time available for activities that add real value to your organization.
- Reduced CapEx & OpEx spend – as your lab will be able to be actively producing material more of the year you will need fewer bioreactors to cover the inherent down-time of cleaning & preparing re-usable bioreactors
- Launch & get to market quicker – with essentially plug-and-play processes you will need less infrastructure and time to drive your process and product further and faster than possible with re-usable bioreactors.