Avantor Partnership with p-Chip Corporation for smart consumable traceability

Avantor (AVTR) announced a collaboration agreement with p-Chip Corporation to co-develop a new generation of “Smart Consumables” by embedding p-Chip’s innovative microtransponder technology into Avantor’s laboratory and clinical consumables. This partnership combines Avantor’s expertise and scale with p-Chip’s digital microtransponder technology platform. The collaboration will focus on engagement with joint strategic customers in life sciences, diagnostics, bio-manufacturing, and healthcare to provide solutions for digital process control that enable compliance with Chain-of-Identity requirements. Consumables, such as vials, slides, cassettes, tubes and plates will be embedded with a durable p-Chip microtransponder with a unique and secure identifier.