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Product Loss in Fill-Finish | Argonaut Manufacturing Services

Product Loss in Fill-Finish: Where It Happens and How to Improve Yield

Product loss in fill-finish is one of the biggest drivers of manufacturing yield. Every milliliter retained in vessels, filters, tubing, sampling, or filling equipment reduces the number of finished units that reach patients. While each individual source of loss may appear small, together they can consume a significant percentage of

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Ensera - Argonaut Manufacturing Services Partnership

Ensera and Argonaut partner to streamline supply for drug-device combination products

Delivering an integrated fill-finish and device assembly and packing collaboration to reduce complexity and accelerate time to market for combination products. Carlsbad, CA., June 15, 2026 — Today, Argonaut Manufacturing Services (“Argonaut”), a US-based sterile fill-finish CDMO and Ensera, a CDMO with facilities in the US, and Europe and Asia,

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Blog Post

Drug Product Loss: Understanding Yield

How much drug product loss should you expect in fill-finish? Drug product loss is unavoidable in aseptic fill-finish, with key loss points across formulation, filtration, filling, and inspection. In this article, we highlight where loss occurs and what is typically expected for a 5 L batch with a 1 mL

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Whitepaper

Every Milliliter Matters: Maximizing yield in fill-finish

In aseptic manufacturing, product loss is inevitable. But when you’re working with high-value or small-batch therapies, every lost milliliter means fewer doses and higher per-unit costs that can stifle a clinical trial or cause issues with drug supply. This whitepaper breaks down where product loss occurs throughout formulation, filtration, filling,

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Fill-Finish capabilities update March 2026 - Argonaut Manufacturing Services
Webinar

Fill-Finish Capabilities Update March 2026

Argonaut Manufacturing Services is a Carlsbad-based fill-finish CDMO specializing in aseptic filling of vials, syringes, and cartridges, with integrated quality control and analytical services for programs at any stage. Hannah Kinney, Director of Business Development, and Kevin McGowan, Director of Quality Control, presented Argonaut’s capabilities in a recent Outsourced Pharma

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Drug Substance to Drug Product Transfer - Argonaut Manufacturing Services
Webinar

Five Common Challenges in Drug Substance to Drug Product Transfer

Overcoming obstacles in drug substance and fill finish manufacturing partnerships In a recent Outsource Pharma webinar, Steve Folio (VP of Quality & Regulatory Affairs at Argonaut Manufacturing Services) and Peter Carbone (COO at KBI Biopharma) dug into several drug product manufacturing challenges that appear during drug substance to drug product transfer. They share how they work together to

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KBI Biopharma Fill-Finish CDMO of the Year - Argonaut Manufacturing Services
News

Congratulations to KBI Biopharma: Fill-Finish CDMO of the Year!

Argonaut strategic partner, KBI Biopharma achieves Fill-Finish CDMO of the Year and Best in Class for Cultural Fit in the Small/Mid-Sized CDMO Biologic Categories We congratulate our strategic partner, KBI Biopharma on their 2026 awards! Argonaut is proud to be KBI’s chosen fill-finish partner and to support their vision in

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Rare Disease Day 2026
Blog Post

Rare Disease Day – Raising Awareness

Argonaut manufactures orphan drugs, including many personalized medicines for patients with rare conditions. Leading up to Rare Disease Day on February 28, we have been sharing patient stories to raise awareness and highlight the people at the heart of our work. Amelia and Makenzie’s story Amelia was diagnosed with juvenile

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Isolator-based fill-finish - Argonaut Manufacturing Services
Podcast

Fill-Finish Standards Changed – Argonaut Built For It

Since the 1970’s, aseptic fill-finish has undergone multiple shifts from manual, sponsor-led operations in laminar airflow cleanrooms to highly specialized, isolator-based manufacturing.  In the Trailblazers interview series, Perry Renick spoke with Argonaut Manufacturing Services leaders Rick Hancock and Hannah Kinney about how Argonaut designed a future-proof aseptic filling line to

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Josh de Los Santos - Argonaut Manufacturing Services
Blog Post

Josh de Los Santos – Employee Spotlight

Meet Josh de Los Santos – Senior Manager, Drug Product Manufacturing at Argonaut From N-of-1 fills, to thousands of vials, Josh’s team delivers sterile fills with tight PM cadence and low rejects—learn how Argonaut safeguards your timeline. What’s a day like in managing drug product manufacturing? “There’s no typical day,”

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