Pharmenta SampleSafe™ Product Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INTERPHEX Booth #1370

Pharmenta, Inc. Introduces the SampleSafe™ Sample Collector

New York, NY, Mar 31, 2003: Today Pharmenta, Inc. announced the Pharmenta® SampleSafe™ sample collector, a simple, compact device, designed to fill and seal sample centrifuge tubes in a sterile chamber, isolated from the work environment. The SampleSafe™ provides a cost-effective way to minimize sample contamination risks while making sampling safer for the operator, the process and the environment. 

To operate the SampeSafe™ sample collector, insert a sealed, presterilized sample tube into the SampleSafe chamber, sterilize in-line with your sample valve, twist a knob to open the sample tube, open the sample valve to fill, twist the knob to close the tube and then open the SampleSafe™ extract a filled sealed sample tube. 

"The goal in designing the SampleSafe™ was to provide a simple device to capture and seal samples in isolation and to eliminate the need to eliminate the need to pre-autoclave sample tubes," said Douglas Newberg, President of Pharmenta, Inc. 

The SampleSafe™ sample collector works with most sampling valves, including the Pharmenta AptiPort® sampling valve, and the Pharmenta SIPTube multipurpose valve. It installs in-line in minutes onto existing process equipment using standard connections.

Pharmenta SampleSafe™ sample collectors are available to work with 15 or 50 ml centrifuge tube sizes. They are suitable for pharmaceutical, biotech, food and beverage and fine chemical applications.

The Pharmenta SampleSafe™ valve is available immediately from Pharmenta, Inc. (Phone: 888-765-7838 or 609-750-1251.) Additional information on the product and the company can be found at www.pharmenta.com.

Pharmenta's mission is to improve the safety, quality, efficiency and consistency of pharmaceutical products and processes through innovative equipment design. Pharmenta, Inc. is a product division of N. L. Technologies, Ltd. Since 1989, N. L. Technologies has provided regulatory and facility design expertise to pharmaceutical, food and beverage manufacturers around the world.