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Precision printing for regulated products. Built to your exact specifications.
Biotech printing is its own discipline. Your product is regulated. Your printed pieces have to be accurate to the lot number. And a single misprint can create real problems for your team. Your print partner needs to understand all of that and produce to your specifications with the color accuracy, version control, and consistency that regulated-industry work requires.
TPS Printing has been the print partner for San Diego biotech, medical device, and pharmaceutical customers since 1982. Our Sorrento Valley shop sits inside the San Diego biotech community, close to many of the region's largest biotech and medical device manufacturers. A meaningful share of our work is producing for customers whose products are governed by FDA and ISO requirements. Our role is production; the compliance determination on content, labeling accuracy, and regulatory submissions stays with the customer's regulatory affairs team.
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We produce the printed pieces that ship with biotech products.
- IFU guides.
- Package inserts.
- Pressure-sensitive labels with variable data.
- Custom folding cartons.
- Clinical reference guides.
- Scientific posters for conferences.
Trade show materials.
Everything runs through rigorous manual quality control with multiple inspections at each stage of production.
Some of our biotech customers are three blocks from our shop. Others send work from the East Coast, from Europe, or from contract manufacturers who need reliable, consistent print production. Whatever the distance, the standard is the same: color accuracy, version control, and coordinated multi-component packages that stay in sync across every SKU and every revision.
How we support biotech printing
Producing print for biotech products has a few requirements that differ from general commercial printing. What we typically focus on for regulated-industry customers:
Version control
Regulated documentation often changes when product specifications change, when label warnings update, or when new languages are added. Your print partner has to track versions, archive prior runs, and produce updates without breaking the supply chain. We treat version control as a first-class production requirement.
Color accuracy when color is critical
Warning symbols, hazard pictograms, and ISO 15223 markings often have to print in exact specified colors. For color-critical projects, our Epson SpectroProofer produces contract-quality color proofs on your regulated content before we start production. You sign off on the final color before the run, not after.
Coordinated production of every printed component
A biotech product often ships with multiple printed pieces: box, label, IFU guide, insert, sometimes a quick-start card or a sterile-barrier system label. They have to match each other and match the artwork your compliance team approved. Producing them across multiple vendors makes that harder than it needs to be, and version drift between components is one of the more common causes of complaints we hear about. Coordinated production from one team keeps every component on the same revision.
Quality control documentation
Some customers require Certificates of Analysis, batch records, or print samples retained for a defined period. We provide that on request in the format your quality system expects. Sample retention is available per customer requirement.
Printed pieces biotech customers typically order from us
These are the pieces we produce most often for biotech, medical device, pharmaceutical, and life sciences customers. Click any product for full specs and to request a quote.
Not sure what your biotech project needs?
Some biotech customers know exactly what they need and just want a quote. Others are earlier in the process, still figuring out what components to specify. Either way, we help. If you have a product going to first commercial launch, a clinical trial ramp, or a submission deadline, tell us where you are and we'll help you scope the print program that fits.
Biotech sub-industries we serve
Biotech is a broad category. Different sub-industries typically have different printing requirements. A medical device manufacturer often evaluates a print partner against different criteria than a pharmaceutical company or a contract manufacturer. Here are just a few of the sub-industries we produce for.
| Sub-industry | Typical printed materials |
|---|---|
| Medical device manufacturers (Class I, II, and III) | IFU guides, product labels, sterile-barrier system labels for FDA-regulated devices |
| In vitro diagnostics (IVD) | Kit-component labels, sterile-barrier guides, package leaflets in multiple languages |
| Pharmaceutical companies | Drug-facts labels, prescribing information guides, blister-pack overpack cartons |
| Contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) | High-volume coordinated runs across multiple SKUs |
| Life sciences research tools and reagents | Small-batch product labels with accurate specification detail, scientific poster runs |
| Nutraceutical and supplement brands | Labels for FDA-regulated supplement products, custom packaging built for retail |
| Combination products (device + drug) | Integrated IFU guides and labeling for combined regulatory pathways |
| Cell and gene therapy companies | Small-batch cryogenic-compatible labels, patient-specific labeling, chain-of-custody documentation |
| Clinical laboratories | Specimen labels, requisition forms, result reporting templates |
| Healthcare and medical offices | Patient-education brochures, branded forms, appointment cards |
If your specific sub-industry isn't in the table above, we probably still print for it. Call us to talk through your requirements.
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Frequently asked questions about biotech printing
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