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Sterilizing filters, Sartorius & Pall

Göttingen, Germany51.54°N 9.93°E
computed criticality10/100
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Sartorius, Pall (Danaher), Merck: sterilizing filter membranes for injectables (the three ≈65% of the pharma-grade market)
2024
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No injectable drug is released without final sterilizing filtration, done by membranes from a few suppliers. A critical, qualified consumable, hard to substitute without heavy regulatory revalidation.

Actors
Sartorius
Pall (Danaher)
Merck Millipore
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