NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific Aegis5-14 Film, the company’s new advanced single-use film that is ideal for the most demanding cell culture and bioprocessing applications in drug development and biomanufacturing.

The company’s first new single-use bioprocessing film since launching its industry-leading Thermo Scientific CX5-14 Film, the Aegis5-14 Film is built on the CX5-14 platform and has been extensively tested for use across a broad range of bioprocessing applications. Thermo Fisher’s growing portfolio is on display this week at Interphex 2013, Jacob Javitz Convention Center, New York, April 23-25, 2013, Booth #2533.

“We continue to raise the bar to meet the expanding needs for single-use systems used by our customers to produce vaccines and biologics,” said Brandon Pence, global director of marketing for cell culture and bioprocessing at Thermo Fisher. “Our new Aegis5-14 premium film, with its extremely clean leachables and extractables profile, is designed for the most challenging cell culture applications. Featuring our most advanced design, we will set new benchmarks for quality and performance and drive continued success in premium single-use bioprocessing applications for our customers.”

Based on its thorough understanding of the complex relationship between single-use film, cell culture media, single-use bioreactors and the biological systems used to produce vaccines and biologics, Thermo Fisher has extensively tested the Aegis5-14 Film in multiple cell culture applications to ensure its physical, chemical and biological compatibility. The Aegis5-14 Film uses an Animal Derived Component Free (ADCF) formulation and is engineered for use across the entire spectrum of single-use technologies, including single-use bioreactors, single-use mixers and bioprocess containers (from 50 to 2000L).

For more information about Thermo Scientific Aegis5-14 Film, or to learn more about Thermo Scientific cell culture and bioprocessing technologies, please visit www.thermoscientific.com/aegis5-14.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of $13 billion, we have approximately 39,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through three premier brands, Thermo Scientific, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services, which offer a unique combination of innovative technologies, convenient purchasing options and a single solution for laboratory operations management. Our products and services help our customers solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity. Visit www.thermofisher.com.

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