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A Plastic Pipeline for Commercial Bioprocessing?
Jenifer Wheat, head of commercial development, mammalian and microbial manufacturing business unit, Lonza Pharma & Biotech, says, “There’s enough room for all the scales out there. It’s not going to b…
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Optimizing Late-Stage and Commercial Cell-Culture Processes
“There is also a renewed interest in non-mammalian cell-based expression systems for manufacturing antibody mimetics and novel scaffolds, for example, and we continue to develop and refine our microbi…
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Understanding Validation and Technical Transfer, Part 3
Understanding Validation and Technical Transfer, Part 3
Validation ensures safe and effective biologic products that benefit the patients whose health and wellbeing depend on the therapies. Part 1 |…
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Chromatography Scale-Up: Don’t Get Tied Down by Bed Height
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When scaling, you can make better use of existing chromatography columns while avoiding overcapacity.
Keeping a constant residence time is a well-est…
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Understanding Validation and Technical Transfer, Part I
Understanding Validation and Technical Transfer, Part I
This is the first of a series of three articles about validation and technical transfer in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. Part 1 || Part 2 |…
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Sanitization of ÄKTA™ pilot 600 Using Sodium Hydroxide
In a microbial challenge test, parts were exposed to a bacterial strain recommended by the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP 38) and to yeast strains commonly used in production environments. Sanitizat…
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Industry Adoption of Single-Use Systems Remains Low
“We have also launched a high-performance single-use microbial fermentor at the 500-L scale. In addition, we have also launched a single-use ÄKTA ReadyFlux ultrafiltration/defiltration system,” h…
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Preclinical Evaluation of Product Related Impurities and Variants
Two case studies—one involving a microbial therapeutic product (granulocyte colony stimulating factor)—and other—a mammalian therapeutic monoclonal antibody (bevacizumab) have been used to illustrate …
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Prepare for an FDA Bioburden Inspection
Even with effective prevention, bioburden incidents can occur. A best-practices response will not only help you be prepared for any upcoming FDA inspection, it may also yield valuable insights to help…
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How to Address Bioburden Challenges: Insights and Tips
Bioburden control is an area of serious concern for anyone making mAbs or other biologicals. Manufacturers’ efforts to avoid microbial contamination are today being complemented by developments from…