Technical Projects
BioFabUSA’s Technology Development Projects are intended to fill current manufacturing technology gaps. The solutions we develop are interoperable with each other, as well as existing technologies, enabling scalable, consistent and cost-effective manufacturing. Technical project calls and approved projects span the manufacturing process and crosscutting development areas from our technical roadmap.
Technology Development Projects span end-to-end manufacturing of cells, tissues and organs—from the point of cell or scaffold harvest as a raw material input to the transportation of the final product.
Strategic priority areas for Technology Development Projects are outlined in the BioFabUSA Technology Roadmap. We identified as strategic priority areas the following activities, which cut across the manufacturing process for cells, tissues and organs:
- Raw Materials
- Tighten control over raw materials
- Equipment & Software
- Develop equipment that enables automation of manual or high-risk process steps
- Automation
- Develop advanced automation that minimizes process variability and labor costs
- Measurement & Data Management
- Design and implement measurement technologies that integrate with technologies and methods to store, manage and integrate large volumes of data
- Preservation, Storage & Transport
- Advance technologies and processes for the preservation, packaging and transport of process-intermediate and final product
- Processes & Quality Systems
- Demonstrate and promote a Quality-by-Design-based (QbD) approach to process development and manufacturing
- Standards
- Support the development of relevant standards