Welcome to the Analytical Lyo Lab Services and R&D Consultancy Division of Biopharma Group

Analytical Lyo Lab Services

Biopharma Group has its own in-house lab & scientists based in Winchester, UK dedicated to lyo/ freeze drying analysis and CRO services for the freeze drying stages of diagnostic & vaccine production. The analytical lab services cover pre- and post- lyophilisation testing, as well as process analytical technology (PAT) incorporated within our freeze-dryers for real-time data generation whether this be for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, IVDs, food production through to specialist papers & organic materials. The range of services include pre-formulation studies & formulation development, lyo cycle development, process reviews, product characterization, sample production including IVDs & vaccines through to scale-up & optimization and specialist post-process analysis such as Dynamic Vapour Sorption (DVS) and lyo-cake quantification/ robustness testing using the MicroPress.

R&D Consultancy & Lyo Training

In addition to the analytical lyo lab services mentioned above, Biopharma Group also offers R&D Consultancy services. These include collaborative development work on specific projects such as evaluating new advances, co-developing new products including those for wound management, regenerative medicine, crop protection for example by employing our freeze drying expertise to the process. We also have a Class 7 cytotoxic handling suite available, allowing us to assist in cytotoxic developments.

For those who have their own freeze drying facilities, making sure that staff are up to date with the most current techniques and industry developments is key to ongoing success, so Biopharma Group offers expert led freeze drying training courses, in the form of scheduled training courses across the UK, Europe and North America, customised on-site training catered to your specific requirements, live webinars, customised webinars and, soon, pre-recorded ‘on demand’ webinar series.