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Asahi Chemical Industry today announced the launch of the Planova™ Leak Tester, an automated integrity test unit designed to detect leaks in Planova™ virus removal filters.

An alternative to the manual Leakage Test for Planova™ filters, the pre-programmed tester offers an easy to use operator panel, indicating filter specification conformance.

For further information on the PlanovaLeak Tester, please contact the Asahi Chemical Industry office in Tokyo, Japan.

Asahi Chemical Industry commercially launched Planova™ filters in 1989 as the world's first filter specifically designed to remove viral material from biotherapeutic products. Planova™ filters have won high acclaim from biopharmaceutical and plasma derivative manufacturers worldwide for their ability to remove high levels of viral material such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and parvovirus B19, while maintaining high product protein throughput.