The Golden LEAF Foundation provided $13 Million to purchase the initial laboratory, utility, and process equipment for the BEST Center. The North Carolina General Assembly will support the purchase of additional equipment for the drug product manufacturing expansion. A partial list of utility and process equipment is shown below.
Clean Utilities
- High Purity Water
- Steam
- Compressed Air
Support Utilities
- Waste Neutralization
- Chilled Water
Cleaning
- Parts Washer
- Clean-In-Place
- Autoclave
Solution Preparation
- Weigh Booth
- Single-Use Mixers
Fermentation
- 15L Stainless Steel Fermenter
- 150L Stainless Steel Fermenter
Cell Culture
- 2L Glass Bioreactors
- 20L Single-Use Bioreactors
- 50L Single-Use Bioreactor
- 200L Single-Use Bioreactor
Recovery
- Centrifuges
- Depth Filter
- Stainless Steel Portable Vessels
- Single-Use Mixers
Purification
- Chromatography Skid and Columns
- Tangential Flow Filtration Unit
- Single-Use Storage Containers
- Walk-In Cold Room
Bulk Filling
- Cleanroom Module
- Horizontal Laminar Air Flow Cabinet
Drug Product
- Fill Machine in Isolator
- Manual Filler
- Capper
- Visual Inspection Stations
- Labeler
- Cartoner