Saturday, November 6, 2010 Daily Archives

Improving influenza vaccine quantification; a comparative study of SRID and SPR

Reliable analytical tools are valuable for economical process development, production, and batch release of vaccines. The current method recommended by the European Pharmacopoeia and WHO for determination of influenza virus titer ¬ single radial immunodiffusion assay (SRID) is straightforward and easy, but leaves plenty of room for improvement when it comes to assay variability and speed of analysis. In addition to having low sensitivity and precision, the method is both time-consuming and quite labor-intensive. In this study a Biacoreâ„¢ assay…

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Filtration Trials with SAFC Ex-Cell Hydrolysate Fusion

SAFC has launched EX-CELL® CD Hydrolysate Fusion, the first fully chemically defined media supplement of its kind in the industry. Sartorius Stedim Biotech and SAFC Biosciences have recently announced a wide-ranging joint cooperation agreement to serve their customers. As a consequence of this effort, a range of 0.2 μm & 0.1 μm sterilizing grade filters from different membrane materials were tested for throughput & biological activity post-filtration. This paper provides an insight into superior total throughput performance of the Sartorius…