Company Description


Azbil BioVigilant designs, manufacturers and markets systems with unique, proprietary capabilities to detect extremely small particles, such as bacteria or molds, to address today’s environmental monitoring needs in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, and beyond.


A critical BioVigilant-branded process—Instantaneous Microbial Detection™—provides real-time and continuous quantification of microbes present in air or water.


Company Background


Azbil BioVigilant has its headquarters in Tucson, Arizona, home to the University of Arizona and in the heart of Arizona’s Optics Valley.


Azbil BioVigilant’s parent company is the azbil Group, traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The azbil Group consists of Azbil Corporation and its affiliate and subsidiary companies, operating in 18 countries, with more than 9,000 employees worldwide, and sales of JPY 227.6 billion, as of fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.


Product, Services, and Capabilities


IMD® instruments replace and augment existing products and methods of testing for microbial contamination, including the century-old process of microbial culturing. The advantages of IMD instruments are substantial and dramatic – delivering Quality by Design tools that reduce risk, production down-time, and batch loss.


Unlike other rapid microbial methods, Azbil BioVigilant’s optically-based systems require no staining, no reagents, no waiting period, and little human intervention.


Azbil BioVigilant’s IMD-A systems feature: •


Instantaneous detection of microbes and inert particles


• Simultaneous detection of particle number, size and biologic status • Real-time reporting of results in PharmaMaster® software interface • Video camera and synchronized data playback option • Marker function enabling activity tracking and display in date files and reports


Applications include: • Monitoring of controlled areas • Risk assessments •


Investigations


• Monitoring during Production downtime, construction or maintenance • Operator training • Energy reduction studies


In addition, Azbil BioVigilant applications experts offer: •


On-site and remote applications support


• Complete evaluation protocols and data analysis tools • Custom protocol development • Custom integration design services


IMD, IMD-A, IMD-W, PharmaMaster, the BioVigilant logo, and the term Instantaneous Microbial Detection are trademarks or registered of Azbil BioVigilant, Inc.


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Azbil BioVigilant, Inc. 2005 W Ruthrauff Road Suite 151 Tucson, AZ 85705 Tel: 520-292-2342 Fax: 520-292-2365 Email: info@biovigilant.com


AZBIL BIOVIGILANT, INC.


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