Author Archives: Patrick Endres

Development of a Universal Preparative Anion-Exchange Method to Purify Oligonucleotides

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Oligonucleotide-based therapeutics have been studied over recent decades, and their promise as a new drug modality is now being realized. The growing interest in oligonucleotides is driven by their high potential for treating different medical conditions, the growing number of oligonucleotide drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an increased focus on personalized medicines, the development of therapies for rare diseases, and the wide adoption of nucleotide-based COVID-19 vaccines. Oligonucleotides are short, linear sequences of DNA or…

September 30, 2021

Reduce Downstream Processing Costs for Monoclonal Antibodies: Switch to Tosoh’s Two-Step Platform

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In this study, we showcase the benefits of Tosoh’s two-step process for the purification of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) in comparison with the standard industrial process. Combining high-performance protein A capturing and a single polishing step on a salt-tolerant anion-exchange resin, we could reduce the downstream costs by 45% and increase production output by 58%. TOYOPEARL AF-rProtein A HC-650F is a high-capacity protein A resin for the purification of MAbs. This resin exhibits dynamic binding capacities (DBC) of 70 g/L at…

August 10, 2020

Reduce Downstream Processing Costs for MAbs By Switching to a Two-Step Platform

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Downstream processing operations make up to 80% of the total costs for processing biotherapeutics. Given the current drive to reduce downstream costs, chromatographers and process engineers will need to streamline processes. Herein, we describe the benefits offered by using Tosoh’s two-step process for purifying monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and compare that method with the standard industrial process. By combining high-performance protein A capture and a single polishing step on salt-tolerant anion-exchange resin, Tosoh’s approach can reduce downstream costs by 45% and…

June 10, 2020

Tosoh LenS3™ MALS Detector: A New Paradigm in Light-Scattering Technology

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The multi-angle light scattering (MALS) technique has become the standard for determining molecular weight (MW) and size (radius of gyration, Rg) of proteins, biopolymers, synthetic polymers, and polysaccharides. By combining an extreme low angle (low-angle light scattering (LALS) – 10°) and an extreme high angle (high-angle light scattering (HALS) – 170°) with a right angle (right-angle light scattering (RALS) – 90°) to form a three-angle MALS detector, the new LenS3 detector can determine directly absolute molecular weight and Rg without…

August 1, 2019

Antibody–Drug Conjugate Surrogate Purification: TOYOPEARL® PPG-600M HIC Resin for DAR-Separation

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Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) are promising biopharmaceuticals. They combine the high selectivity and affinity to cancer cells with the toxicity of chemotherapeutics in one molecule. ADCs consist of a monoclonal antibody covalently bound by a linker to a highly potent cytotoxic drug. ADC-surrogates contain a nontoxic payload with similar structure and physiochemical properties as the toxic payload of an ADC. Therefore, they can be used as models to develop suitable purification processes or analytical methods. The ADC-surrogate in this work consists…

August 24, 2018