Ensuring a quality laboratory environment ….

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, which specialises in the whole drug discovery cycle from target identification and validation through to medicinal chemistry and lead pharmacology, has recently installed a large Bigneat recirculatory filtration fume cabinet at their Southampton/UK laboratories.

When planning for one of their new laboratory automation processes, which involves the screening of candidate drugs for efficacy, the company made a clean laboratory atmosphere a priority. Some solvents, such as DMSO, can be released into a laboratory and to maintain the cleanest and healthiest environment possible, Ferring sought a bespoke solution to remove any fumes.

Their plan was to install the robotics systems, two Beckman FX robotics systems and a Genevac centrifugal evaporator, on a single bench and to place a dedicated fume extraction over this.

Enclosure specialists Bigneat was able to offer an effective solution to meet the specification; an enclosure with recirculatory filtration to remove the fumes.