Download or read book Disposable Bioreactors (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology) written by Fredrick Moreno and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past five years, the immense financial pressure on the development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals has resulted in the increasing use and acce- ance of disposables, which are discarded after harvest and therefore intended only for single use. In fact, such disposables are implemented in all the main bioprocess production stages today and an even higher growth than those in the biopharmac- tical market is predicted (reaching double figures). Alongside disposable filter capsules, membrane chromatography units, tubing, connectors, flexible containers processing or containing fluids, freezer systems, mixers and pumps, and fully c- trolled disposable bioreactors of up to 2,000 L culture volume are already available on the market.