Flexible Solutions for Today's Aseptic Manufacturing Challenges

AST is a technology leader specializing in advanced aseptic filling and closing systems. Our focus is to provide innovative and flexible products that satisfy the most challenging product and regulatory requirements for the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries.

YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER, PROVIDING SOLUTIONS

Aseptic Filling Equipment (Option 1)

Aseptic Fill-Finish Systems

ASEPTiCel®

Today’s injectable drug products require flexible fill/finish systems that can efficiently process medium-sized clinical and commercial batches while meeting all cGMP requirements for cleanliness and sterility.

GENiSYS® R

AST’s GENiSYS® R has a unique blend of automated capabilities to ensure your sterile products, whether clinical or commercial, are processed in strict accordance with cGMP requirements.
 

GENiSYS® C

AST’s GENiSYS® C is an advanced and compact filling and closing system for automated processing of nested, custom and ready-to-use vials, syringes, and cartridges.

GENiSYS® Lab

AST’s line of benchtop filling machines, GENiSYS® Lab, are ideal systems for drug product development and cGMP production applications.

YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER, PROVIDING SOLUTIONS

Aseptic Filling Equipment

ASEPTiCell®

Today’s injectable drug products require flexible fill/finish systems that can efficiently process medium-sized clinical and commercial batches while meeting all cGMP requirements for cleanliness and sterility.

GENiSYS® R

AST’s GENiSYS® R has a unique blend of automated capabilities to ensure your sterile products, whether clinical or commercial, are processed in strict accordance with cGMP requirements.
 

GENiSYS® C

AST’s GENiSYS® C is an advanced and compact filling and closing system for automated processing of nested, custom and ready-to-use vials, syringes, and cartridges.

GENiSYS® Lab

AST’s line of benchtop filling machines, GENiSYS® Lab, are ideal systems for drug product development and cGMP production applications.

See Our Machines in Action

AST’s spectrum of products includes semi-automated to completely automated and integrated cGMP manufacturing systems for processing vials, syringes and cartridges.

Innovative Application Solutions

Since 1965, AST has been delivering innovative solutions – many of which were industry firsts and have since become industry standards. AST has always understood that our customers serve demanding and oftentimes unpredictable markets.

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Biologics Manufacturing

Biologics are drugs, through complex biotech manufacturing processes, made from living cells. It is important that these types of drugs are handled with care and monitored closely.

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Bio-Similars

AST aseptic filling products address the unique biosimilar processing requirements to gently care for biologic products during the fill-finish process. Our highly accurate peristaltic dosing system uses single-use pharmaceutical grade tubing that has been optimized to keep shear stress to an absolute minimum.

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Contract Manufacturing Operations

AST’s line of aseptic and syringe filling and closing machines provide adaptive fill-finish capabilities to ensure that any contract manufacturing organization has the right capabilities for any vial, syringe filling or cartridge application.

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Compounding Pharmacies

AST provides dependable aseptic filling equipment proven within the pharmaceutical industry, but right-sized for the unique requirements of the compounding pharmacy environment. Our compounding pharmacy approach is flexible, keeps cleanroom footprint to a minimum, and provides a secure aseptic environment that produces a safe product for your patients.

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Cell and Gene Therapy

Each product in AST’s line of fill finish platforms is specially equipped to support you in all stages of production, from R&D to commercial production. AST can provide the right container system that will work in a scalable process, and be compliant with all regulatory requirements.

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Patient-Centered Medicine

With the advances in medical and biotechnology research, scientists within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries have developed drug platforms that are able to treat complex diseases and cancer at the patient level. 

COMPANY HISTORY

SINCE 1965

AST has over 50 years of experience designing, manufacturing and servicing innovative, high quality and highly automated processing equipment.

Beginning in 2006, AST leveraged our experience and close customer relationships to revolutionize the aseptic fill/finish industry with the launch of the ASEPTiCell® development. Using robotics and advanced automation, the ASEPTiCell® was the industry’s first aseptic multi-format fill/finish machine capable of processing Ready-to-Use nested vials, cartridges and syringes on the same line.

Today, AST is proud to offer our customers a range of products and services to support their drug product development, clinical and commercial fill/finish requirements. 

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Leadership Team

Joe Hoff

Joe Hoff

President and CEO

Steven Ng

CTO & VP of Customer Service

Duane J Hadfield

Chief Financial Officer

Josh Russell

VP of Technical Sales

Spencer Bolte

Director of Engineering

Blake Cecil

Director of Operations

Charisse Curtis

Chief Commercial Officer

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