Pharmaceuticals

Health is what the pharma sector’s all about. So, it’s vital that your company does its bit to protect the air we breathe and the water we drink.

Desotec partners with many pharmaceutical clients, including companies who hold active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) patents and manufacturers who formulate medicines or vaccines or make healthcare devices.

Our sustainable mobile activated carbon filters treat air emissions and wastewater containing a series of contaminants:

• Impurities in APIs, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
• Chlorinated compounds in cleaning, disinfecting, and degreasing products, measured as adsorbable organic halides (AOX).
• Fats such as glycerine.
• Solvents such as methanol and ethanol.
• Surfactants.

When it comes to high-value pharma products, production downtime is a major health risk. Desotec’s mobile filters may be installed rapidly to start filtration immediately. Also, exchanging a saturated filter for a fresh one is quick and simple. 

Cleanliness is crucial in the pharma industry, with companies sanitising equipment and cleanrooms thoroughly after each drug batch production. This results in low volumes of wastewater containing high concentrations of chemicals.

By treating wastewater and reusing it on site rather than sending it to a specialist plant for disposal, your company boosts its sustainability while cutting costs.

Due to the mixture of compounds involved, multiple treatments may be required. Placed before osmotic technology, Desotec filters remove the chlorinated compounds that would damage membranes. Placed before biotreatments, our filters remove biocides.

Where compounds are subject to very low limits, our filters may be placed after other technologies, reducing concentrations in many cases to below detectable levels.

Every thriving business wants a healthy workforce, community, and environment. So, it’s essential to find a partner you can trust for air emission treatment.

Desotec filters may be sited at vented storage tanks, reactor vessels, or coating lines. Additionally, they may be used during sanitation processes to remove chlorinated or brominated solvents such as dichloromethane (DCM) from vapours.

Unlike thermal oxidisers, our activated carbon filters are cost-effective even when production is discontinuous or flow rates are low. They also use less gas. So, by investing in Desotec filters, your company can protect its bottom line as well as our environment and our health.