Advances in research, processing, and manufacturing of biologic medicines require appropriate equipment for cultivation of cells and their biological products. Mammalian cell and tissue culture in the pharmaceutical lab or manufacturing environment must mimic physiochemical conditions.For example, CO2 cell culture incubators are a common tool for anaerobic cell cultures.
Pharmaceutical incubators help create the ideal culturing requirements for cell cultures requiring unique environmental and media formulations, and are key pieces of equipment in engineering a cell culture for upstream processing.
Purchasing considerations for pharmaceutical incubators include the necessary cell culture conditions, the availability of laboratory space and related equipment, any demands for meeting regulatory compliance, and specific functionality of the incubator (e.g., climate controlled and disinfection capable).