Pall Corp. opened its Life Sciences Center of Excellence in Singapore, providing process demonstration, validation support and training capabilities for life sciences customers in the region.

“Pall’s new Singapore Life Sciences Center of Excellence is representative of our global strategy of investing in high-growth areas where the demand for biotechnology process development and training is acute. It will serve as a central hub for our business and operational activities across the region,” said Yves Baratelli, president, Pall Life Sciences. “This latest Centre of Excellence also reinforces Pall’s commitment to providing high-level technical support for local start-ups as well as multinational customers that do business in the area.”

The 430-square-meter facility has a full range of life sciences equipment and disposable solutions, including single-use systems (SUS), depth filter systems, Stax systems, tangential flow filtration (TFF) systems, chromatography systems, process monitoring, sterile filters and others. The facility incorporates a series of SLS labs dedicated to specific stages of process development, including: disposable media preparation and transfer, upstream processing, cell harvesting and product separation, column packing, disposable media preparation and transfer, purification and polishing, virus reduction and formulation. The complex also offers a simulated cGMP training environment and a seminar and training theater.