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Fast, reliable column packing with industry-leading turnaround
Accelerate bioprocess timelines with campaign-ready chromatography columns, pre-packed with your chosen resin
When development timelines are tight, waiting months for pre-packed columns can slow progress. Astrea Bioseparations helps you avoid column packing bottlenecks with ready-to-use chromatography columns, packed with your chosen resin and shipped in as little as 21 days. We provide process-ready pre-packed columns designed to accelerate downstream processing, reduce operational risk, and ensure consistent, reproducible column performance.
What our column packing services can provide for your workflow:
Shipped in as little as 21 days to protect project timelines
Packed in ISO 7 cleanroom environments with ISO-9001 certified processes
Built & packed to process-ready quality standards
Manufactured across US and EU facilities for security of supply
Supplied with Certificate of Analysis and regulatory support documentation
End-to-end control of column components, assembly, and packing
Seamless scale-up from process validation to full commercial GMP production
Scale seamlessly from 1 cm to 60 cm with customizable bed height and resin selection, while recovering resin value through re-packing into process development scale formats. Operations are supported by ISO 7 clean room, GMP-ready environments, enabling rapid turnaround with a 3 to 5 week lead time and flexible dual-site packing across the UK and USA.
Many bioprocess teams rely on large, established suppliers for pre-packed columns. However, as development pipelines grow and manufacturing timelines tighten, extended supplier lead times can become a challenge.
Astrea Bioseparations provides a reliable alternative for teams working under tight timelines. Our dedicated column packing capability supports predictable delivery of campaign-ready columns, helping reduce delays associated with long supplier lead times.
For teams managing multiple development programs or GMP manufacturing campaigns, consistent column availability can be as critical as column performance.
Astrea Bioseparations typically ships within 3–5 weeks
Our team works closely with you to ensure columns arrive when you need them, ready for immediate use.
Why outsource column packing?
Column packing is technically demanding, resource-intensive, and can place additional pressure and operational risk on internal downstream processing teams.
Even experienced teams may encounter challenges such as:
Delays from repacking or unsuccessful packing runs
Variability in packing between operators
Cross-contamination risks during cleaning
Limited internal capacity during critical development or manufacturing campaigns
Outsourcing column packing allows teams to focus on core process development and manufacturing tasks, while reducing the burden associated with internal packing and validation.
Interested to learn more about the benefits of outsourcing column packing?
Receive ready-to-use columns in as little as 3–5 weeks to help keep your processes on track.
Dedicated expertise
Reduce risk and ensure consistent, reproducible performance with expert column packing and robust quality systems.
Flexible resin selection
Support for over 45 commercially available chromatography resins to maintain established purification workflows and simplify scale-up.
Expert support
Expert support with our Field Application Specialist (FAS) team help minimize interruptions, troubleshoot challenges, and keep your process running smoothly.
Scale your purification with ready-to-use Evolve®D columns, designed for pilot, clinical, and manufacturing-scale applications. Pre-packed with your chosen chromatography resin or media from the Astrea Bioseparations range, Evolve®D columns provide a flexible and scalable platform to support protein purification and contaminant removal workflows.
With column diameters ranging from 70 mm to 600 mm, the platform supports seamless scale-up from development through to GMP manufacturing. Each column is packed in anISO 7 cleanroom environment, performance tested prior to release, and supplied with a Certificate of Analysis and Regulatory Support File, ensuring consistent, reproducible performance and readiness for immediate use.
Quickly move from process development to purification with ready-to-use SNAP® columns packed with your chosen resin. The SNAP® column range can be packed with virtually any chromatography media, making it well suited for process development, viral clearance studies, and small-scale purification workflows. Each pre-packed column undergoes performance testing prior to release, ensuring it arrives ready for immediate use without additional qualification.
Explore our full range of chromatography columns designed to support purification workflows across development and production.
Get in touch with our team
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