Articles by Eric Langer

  1. Budgets For Single-Use Systems On The Rise; CMOs The Biggest Spenders 8/27/2012

    Single-use systems are rapidly becoming mainstream in the biopharmaceutical industry, even in commercial manufacturing.  Results from our 9th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers indicate that budgets for single-use components are also on the rise, meaning this trend is likely to continue. By Eric Langer, President and Managing Partner, BioPlan Associates, Inc.

  2. Biomanufacturers Looking For Single-Use Innovations 7/9/2012

    Single-use innovation continues to be a hot topic, according to results from our 9th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers. In fact, disposable products account for three of the top five new product development areas of interest this year among the 302 biomanufacturers we surveyed (the study evaluated 21 different new product areas).  By Eric Langer, President and Managing Partner, BioPlan Associates, Inc.

  3. Single-Use Technologies Used Less For Downstream Purification Issues: Interest In Specific Technologies Remains Relatively Steady 4/24/2012

    Downstream operations continue to create challenging bottlenecks and capacity problems. To identify what the industry is doing to address these bottlenecks, we asked 302 biopharmaceutical manufacturers in our 9th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers about the specific areas their facility has actually implemented to improve their downstream purification (DSP) operations. By Eric Langer, president and managing partner, BioPlan Associates, Inc.

  4. BioPharma Industry Getting Comfortable With Complex Single-Use Devices 2/10/2012

    The rate of usage of disposables in biopharmaceutical manufacturing has increased substantially over the past six years in a variety of areas, but most notably for complex devices, that are also among the most expensive. By Eric Langer

  5. Change On The Horizon For Biomanufacturing 1/26/2012

    A leading indicator as to where the global bio industry is headed, geographically, is where its global vendors are setting up shop. In our 8th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing, along with 352 biomanufacturers, we also surveyed 186 suppliers to the industry. By Eric Langer, president and managing partner, BioPlan Associates, Inc.

  6. New Single-Use Devices: Trends And Demands
    Single-Use Biomanufacturing Devices In High Demand     1/5/2012

    Single-use devices are in hot demand as the biopharma industry looks for new, more innovative products. In fact, disposables make up the top 3 of 20 areas of new product development interest this year. By Eric Langer, president and managing partner, BioPlan Associates, Inc.