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Industry Adoption of Single-Use Systems Remains Low
The ability to manufacture a comparable amount of biologic product due to process optimization means a smaller facility with single-use equipment can be a preferable solution to a traditional stainles…
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Reducing Cross-Contamination Risks in Process Chromatography
“When it comes to new facilities, the small footprint and easy-to-use format of the products reduces investment needs with respect to facility, equipment, and labor, enabling cost savings and faster t…
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Being Thorough When Transferring Technology
An example includes a filtration step that is not scalable due to facility restrictions (filter holders/pumps, etc.). An example of scaling up from lab to facility includes defining the ideal stirring…
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Fifteen Years of Progress: Biopharmaceutical Industry Survey Results
…manufacturing operation in Worcester, MA, in addition to its plans to build a $392-million biologics facility in Dundalk, Ireland (3,4).
BioPlan has also reported data and trends for bioproces…
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Lessons Learned Accelerate Vaccine Development
Teamwork and multi-tasking at Janssen
Janssen Vaccines, part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, received the 2016 Facility of the Year Award for Project Execution for it…
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Outsourcing Trends in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
BioPlan asked organizations to identify which of several actions they had taken during the past 12 months to reduce costs at their facility (see Figure 3). The survey found 19 common actions associate…
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A Look Ahead at BioPharma Manufacturing and Regulation
What factors will the agency use to determine whether and when to inspect a foreign facility?
FDA: We have yet to finalize the revised risk-based approach although FDASIA Section 705 outlines t…
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A Plastic Pipeline for Commercial Bioprocessing?
“In the old days of biologics blockbusters, the model was to have a stainless-steel facility and you supplied the world out of that. Now the model is different,” he says. “There is a lot more pressure…
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Flexibility in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
…some, flexibility means the ability to switch between campaigns quickly and easily in a multiproduct facility or even to manufacture different products concurrently. The history of bioprocessing drug…
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Setting Up Bioprocessing Systems for Digital Transformation
Fitting in AI
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has been another aspect in the discussions surrounding the transformation of a manufacturing facility to a digital platform. But how would thi…