Drug Delivery Automation
Astech are a world leader in automated testing systems for drug delivery devices. We have a comprehensive portfolio of products (X-Products®) for the major pharmacopoeia tests encountered in respiratory solid dose and injectable dosage forms. Our systems are engineered to the highest quality standards and can be fully validated for EU, US and RoW regulatory requirements. Our systems are modular, scalable and designed to allow incorporation of different drug delivery devices. Our systems have been designed and built for use in both testing laboratories and production environments.
Our dedicated Drug Delivery automation team have developed solutions to satisfy regulatory testing requirements for the following applications:
- Andersen Cascade Impaction
- Next Generation Impaction (NGI)
- Dose Content Uniformity (DCU)
- Waste Firing & Containment
- Shaking and Dose Collection
- Emitted Dose Weight Verification
- Sample Recovery
- Blister Recovery
- Air Flow Resistance
- Flow Generation & Control
- Dose Counter Verification
- MDI Force to Fire & Shot Detection
- Physical Device Function Testing
X-Products®
Established and robust automated systems for regulatory testing of DPI, MDI, BAI, Nasal and the latest ‘SMART’ inhaler devices.
Xelair® – Automated products for testing Dose Content Uniformity.
Xelize® – Automated products for Particle Size Determination by Andersen Cascade Impactor.
Xelox® – Automated products for Particle Size Determination by NGI
Tablet Pro® – Automated workstation for testing content uniformity of solid dose pharmaceutical products.
Syringe Pro® – Automated workstation for testing content uniformity of injectable dosage form pharmaceutical products.
Modules can be stand-alone or integrated into a larger automated system depending on specific test requirements such as higher throughputs.