GEA supports its long-standing partner Biopharma from Ukraine with the delivery of further state-of-the-art separators for blood plasma fractionation.
Biopharma is the Ukrainian pharmaceutical company focused on the development and production of drugs based on human plasma. The equipment has been installed at Biopharma's new plant in Bila Tserkva. The new equipment will not only enable Biopharma to supply Ukraine with high-quality products, but also to take a leading position in the world ranking of high-tech plasma processors. Separators already supplied, such as a GEA separator BKA 6 for blood plasma fractionation in 2004, two Pathfinders PSC 8 (probiotics) in 2014, and separators PKI 45, BKB 28, one BKA 45 and two BKI 45 to date, represent successful cooperation of GEA with the Ukrainian company for more than 15 years.
Specific examples of Biopharma's products produced using GEA technologies include blood coagulation factor VIII (Factor VIII, F8), also known as Antihemophilic Globulin A, a vital drug for hemophilia patients. An acute deficiency of the glycoprotein or lack of this clotting factor in humans and vertebrates leads to hemophilia A, the so-called hemophilia. Biopharma also produces albumin. Like globulins, albumins belong to the group of globular proteins. In the human organism, albumin is primarily responsible for maintaining colloid osmotic pressure and imparts water solubility to many otherwise water-insoluble substances by binding them to albumin. It is used especially for renewal and maintenance of circulating blood volume in case of injuries and during surgical interventions. Finally, the production of immunoglobulins ("antibodies") represents another focus of Biopharma and the very one that the new BKI 45 separators are instrumental in driving forward in the context of blood plasma fractionation. Antibodies are proteins from the globulin class that are used to strengthen the body's protective functions for example in the case of immune deficiencies, autoimmune diseases or acute infectious diseases. These antibodies are thus at the service of the immune system.
Source: https://www.gea.com/