Astech

Drug Delivery Automation Expertise

Astech is the world leader in automated testing systems for drug delivery devices. We have a comprehensive portfolio of solutions (X-Products®) for the major pharmacopoeia tests encountered in respiratory and parenteral (injectable) dosage forms. We engineer all our systems to the highest quality standards and can be fully validated for EU, US and RoW regulatory requirements. Our systems are modular, scalable and designed to allow incorporation of different drug delivery devices. The solutions we offer have been designed and built for use in both testing laboratories and production environments.

X-Products®

Established and robust automated systems for regulatory testing of DPI, MDI, BAI, Nasal and the latest ‘SMART’ inhaler devices.

  • Xelair® – Automated products for testing Dose Content Uniformity.

  • Xelox® – Automated products for Particle Size Determination by NGI

  • Syringe Pro® – Automated workstation for testing content uniformity of injectable dosage form pharmaceutical products.

Bespoke design

In addition to our successful X-Product® range for automated drug delivery testing we also offer a bespoke design service for unique, client specific, applications. This is a turnkey service, from design concept to project completion. We design, manufacture, integrate, test, deliver, install and commission complete automation solutions within our quality drive environment. Once operational, our REACTS® planned maintenance and technical support service offers complete peace of mind for the lifetime of the automated system.

Applications

Our dedicated Drug Delivery automation team have developed solutions to satisfy regulatory testing requirements for the following applications:

  • Andersen Cascade Impaction

  • Next Generation Impaction (NGI)

  • Dose Content Uniformity (DCU)

  • Waste Firing & Containment

  • Shaking and Dose Collection

  • Emitted Dose Weight Verification

  • Sample Recovery

  • Blister Recovery

  • Air Flow Resistance

  • Flow Generation & Control

  • Dose Counter Verification

  • MDI Force to Fire & Shot Detection

  • Physical Device Function Testing

Explore Drug Delivery Automation

Find out more about our drug delivery applications

Respiratory Applications

See what is possible with our wide range of respiratory applications including our 'X' products.

Injectable

Find out more about our injectible automated solution to carry out unattended high throughput batch testing of prefilled syringes

Get in contact with us

INFO@ASTECHPROJECTS.CO.UK +44 1928 571 797
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