Large Guide: Supplies

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)

For final product:

For sterile storage:

100mL glass vials (don’t get pre-sterilized, if that’s all that’s available, you must disassemble them and resterilize them yourself)
20mm butyl rubber stoppers
20mm caps

HEPA air purifier or CR box
Autoclave or Instant Pot
Oven
Laminar flow hood (still air box not allowed!)
Magnetic stirrer
Vial crimper (20mm) (For 5/10/100mL vials)
Vial crimper (13mm) (For 3mL vials)
Work surface (marble or stainless steel ideal, no wood. cross check material with compatibility with ingredients)
Task light
Plastic drop cloth sheeting (to make clean room)
Milligram scale
Pyrex beakers of appropriate size for mixing
Glass stirring rod
Oven thermometer
Laser thermometer
Baking dishes
Spray bottle
Small bottle brush (for vials 3/5/10 and 100mL)
New sponge (for scrubbing)
Metal tweezers x3 (I prefer curved)
Extra large tupperware (e.g. 50 quarts) to store sterile items in

18g sterile luer lock needles
18g sterile luer lock dispensing needles (blunt tip) (optional)
20mL sterile luer lock syringes
50mL sterile luer lock syringes
Sterile 0.22μm PTFE or nylon syringe filters (not needed for bottle top filtration tek)
0.45μm PTFE or nylon syringe filters (for pre-filtration) (not needed for bottle top filtration tek)
Isopropyl alcohol 70% (IPA) (buy exactly 70%)
Disinfecting hand soap
Alconox (lab detergent)
Aluminum foil
Distilled water (3+ gallons/10+ liters)
Disinfecting, anti-viral wipes (or spray) such as SciCan Optim1 wipes. Get the good stuff.
Paper towels or disposable shop towels
Painters tape and maybe also duct tape