Startpage Bosch.com Bosch Packaging
Packaging Technology
Corporate information
Information
Bosch Group
News Overview

Know How for the „Hot Cell“ – Sterilization of radioactive pharmaceuticals

In 2005, it awarded a basic engineering order for the development of a production line to Gravatom, an international engineering company with over 30 years‘ experience in the development, production, installation and validation of production facilities for the radiopharmaceutical industry. In turn, Gravatom approached SBM, a Bosch Packaging Technology company, with a basic engineering order for a steam sterilizer to be fitted into a radiation-shielded cell.

Radiopharmaceuticals are special tracer substances, which, in conjunction with radionuclides, are used in the diagnostics or therapy of diseases. Given their short half-life these must be produced „on demand“ and used as soon as possible. Due to radiation levels, the manufacturing process has to be conducted in so-called hot cells - areas shielded by lead plates and lead glass. Production, filling and final sterilization are therefore highly automated and outside intervention is only possible by using manipulators.

…

Download (150 KB)

For more information please contact:

Johann Breyner
Phone +43 2630 312 201
johann.breyner@bosch.com
back to the overview
  back to top