Drug preparation unit underway

The cytotoxic robot can manipulate highly toxic and time sensitive drugs for people undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. The robot is one of only a handful in Europe and is only the second of its kind in the UK. The capabilities of the robot will mean B. Braun Medical can prepare drugs with a very limited shelf life and distribute them to any destination in a two-hour radius of the facility, including 180 hospitals in Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Leicester, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.

The unit will be the region’s first outsourcing unit to manufacture and deliver a range of sterile prescription drugs to hospitals, including pre-filled syringes, parenteral feeding systems for administering nutrition via the patient’s bloodstream and pain control medication.