PBS Biotech
Vertical-Wheel Bioreactor Systems

Your Scale-up Partner

Vertical-Wheel® Technology is a proprietary, purpose built platform specifically designed for cell therapy development and linear scale-up. Advance your process smoothly from initial data generation to commercial scale-up with confidence. 

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PBS-Mini60mL–0.5L
PBS-MiniPRO0.3-0.5L
PBS-31.8–3L
PBS-159–15L
PBS-8045–80L
Proven in Practice

Proof at Every Scale

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Our science, published in
BioProcessInternationalCell & Gene Therapy InsightsGENTheMedicine MakerCell Culture Dish.American Pharmaceutical Review
The Technology

A Paradigm Shift from Stirred Tank Bioreactors

01Homogeneous energy dissipation

Energy spreads evenly across the whole vessel. There are no high- or low-shear zones and none of the turbulent bands a stirred tank impeller produces.

02Unique vertical mixing geometry

A scalable impeller-to-vessel ratio keeps the mixing environment identical as vessels grow, all the way to commercial volumes.

03Precise control and in-vessel dissociation

Homogeneous EDR gives predictable control over aggregate size, and the same mechanical energy can dissociate aggregates directly in the vessel.

How the Vertical-Wheel works
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The Scale-Up Leader

One Platform, Five Scales

From 60mL to 80L, each system shares the same Vertical-Wheel® Technology - ensuring linear scalability of the same gentle cell growth environment and allowing our world-class support to help drive your programs from the lab to the clinic to commercial launch.

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Ideal forResearch and early process development teams taking a line from flasks into suspension
PBS-Mini60mL–0.5LQuick Start and Pre-ClinicalA true scale-down model to prove feasibility and dial in your process before you scale.Learn moreRequest a quote
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Ideal forProcess development teams screening media, feeds and seeding density with real statistics
PBS-MiniPRO0.3-0.5LHigh-Throughput OptimizationRun up to 24 closed vessels at once, screening conditions with real statistical power.Learn moreRequest a quote
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Ideal forMSAT and tech transfer teams locking a process down before the clinic
PBS-31.8–3LGMP-ReadinessThe bridge to the clinic: single-use, cGMP-aligned vessels and software that lock in a transferable process.Learn moreRequest a quote
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Ideal forClinical manufacturing teams supplying Phase 1 and Phase 2 trials
PBS-159–15LClinicalThe same mixing environment your cells already know, built for cGMP clinical batch capacity.Learn moreRequest a quote
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Ideal forCommercial manufacturing teams running allogeneic, off-the-shelf supply
PBS-8045–80LCommercialCommercial-scale, cGMP manufacturing on the same physics validated at every step below.Learn moreRequest a quote
What They’re Saying
“We've had great success expanding iPSCs in the Vertical-Wheel bioreactor, thanks to the wonderful support and products we receive from PBS Biotech.”
— Barbara Ressler, VP Process Sciences, Roslin CT
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