Teknova has expanded the production capacity for its range of viral transport media. This strategy enables the company to continue supplying products in periods of high demand.
Teknova has increased its production capacity for a range of transport media, including the innovative room temperature-stable Active Viral Transport Medium (ATM), and its CDC-formulation Viral Transport Medium (VTM), both of which completed FDA notification in 2020.
To increase production capacity, Teknova constructed dedicated new clean rooms, designed from scratch to meet the ISO 13485 and GMP standards required for production of its full range of transport media—saline, VTM and ATM. In addition, the company has invested in advanced, high-throughput automated lines for production of viral transport media, which has streamlined the process significantly.
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“Automating the manufacturing process enabled us to rapidly scale up production from 300,000 to over 1 million tubes per week, and control contamination risks even more tightly. The larger production volumes also mean we can offer an extremely competitive price on our transport media, ensuring value for customers and greater access to these important products,” Vice President of Engineering at Teknova, Jose Olague, said. “At Teknova, we have an extremely flexible chain of raw material supply, with multiple suppliers for each formulation component that aligns perfectly with our automation capabilities and adaptability to accommodate differences in final packaging configurations. Our wealth of QC data accumulated over many years’ experience and expertise in reagent manufacturing also allow us to rapidly switch supplier if necessary—an important advantage to secure continuous supply to customers, given the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”