Telstar has obtained the CFDA authorization license for the commercialization of its biologic safety cabinets for use as medical devices in medical centers and hospitals in China.

The license recognizes that equipment designed and manufactured by Telstar is consistently produced and controlled in accordance with CFDA quality standards.

In the laboratory field, Telstar manufactures various ranges of biological safety cabinets which are specially designed for research in Life Science markets including universities, hospitals and R&D laboratories, along with pharma and biotechnology industries. These include, for example, the Biological Safety Cabinet Class II-EF/S3, a compact model specially designed for use in microbiological research with biological agents such bacteria and allergens and for small applications and/or laboratories, to provide operator, product and environmental protection. The Telstar Biovanguard series are the latest range of high quality Class II Biological Safety Cabinets designed to be used for high risk microbiological research and in highly toxic applications and have low noise, low power consumption and low maintenance, in addition to having an integrated pre-filter system which ensures low maintenance and long life of HEPA filters. Finally, the new generation of Telstar Bio II Advance biological safety cabinets are more compact and optimize the usable work area in laboratories with limited space. In this case, the cabinet design offers a body 20% smaller than the market average while maintaining standard work space.

With more than 50 years of experience, Telstar is recognized as a specialized international company for the design and manufacture of high technological equipment for the life sciences market (pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries, R&D centers, hospitals, etc.). Telstar, part of the azbil Group, designs and manufactures integrated equipment solutions in the process field with in-house technologies for sterilization, freeze drying, containment, generation of water and pure steam, cold storage and clean air for the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry, hospitals, laboratories and research centers. The company invests 3% of its turnover in R&D and innovation of its technologies and equipment.

Telstar has operated a factory in the district of Nanhui, Shanghai since 2005. The company, which has been present in China since 1998, has consolidated its presence in this country as a result of continuous growth in its activities.

CFDA

CFDA (China Food and Drug Administration) is the current national authority for medical devices in China. The certification and license provided to Telstar‘s biological safety cabinets is in compliance with the category Class III for medical devices, which regulates standards and requirements for devices for implantation into the human body, for use in life support or sustenance, or which pose potential risk to the human body and thus must be strictly controlled with respect to safety and effectiveness.

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