Prefilled Syringe Filling
Cook Pharmica’s parenteral manufacturing area includes a high-speed syringe filling line that can meet an annual capacity of 70 million syringes. Fully enclosed in a barrier isolator, the syringe line offers the highest level of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) aseptic processing available.
The Highest Level of Aseptic Processing Available for Syringes
Cook Pharmica’s parenteral manufacturing area includes a high-speed syringe filling line that can meet an annual capacity of 70 million syringes. Fully enclosed in a barrier isolator, the syringe line offers the highest level of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) aseptic processing available. For the addition of a syringe safety device, there is a safety device assembly line that can be configured in-line, prior to packaging. The secondary packaging area can blister pack and/or carton the final product and prepare the prefilled syringe product for clinical or commercial distribution.
Quick Capability Reference
| Product Types | Large molecule, small molecule, vaccines |
| Syringe Sizes | 0.5 mL, 1 mL long, 1 mL-3 mL, 5 mL |
| Filling Speed | 300-600 syringes per minute depending on syringe size |
| Annual Capacity | 70 million units |
| Manufacturing Scale | Commercial and clinical |
| Other Features | E-beam for tub decontamination, automated debagging/lid removal, time-pressure filling mechanism, recirculation capabilities for suspensions, nondestructive fill weight control |