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Optimized Expression Systems for Increased Productivity in CHO DG44 Based Cell Line Development

This webcast features: Dr. Rathangadhara Nammalwar, Team Lead, Cell Line Development for Protein-Based Therapeutics, Sartorius The Global Cell Line Development (CLD) services market is growing at an unprecedented pace. In 2020, the global revenues were about $700 million and are estimated to reach nearly $1.7 billion by 2028. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells have been the most preferred host cell line for those CLD services, and they alone generated more than 50% of the global revenue in 2020. Key success…

Efficient and Scalable GMP Manufacture of AAV and LV with TransIT-VirusGEN® Reagent and Enhancers

This webcast features: Leisha Kopp, Applications Scientist, Mirus Bio Recombinant adenoassociated virus (AAV) and lentivirus (LV) are essential components of many gene and cell therapies designed to treat and potentially cure a vast array of acquired and heritable diseases. Thus, the need for large-scale manufacture of safe and effective viral vectors for the development of biotherapeutics has never been greater. In this webinar, we will examine critical optimization strategies that lead to simplified, defined workflows and enable higher AAV and…

Spurring on Innovation in Gene Therapy Development

Gene therapies based on adenoassociated virus (AAV) vectors hold promise for treating myriad conditions. Immunogenicity remains a challenge for such products, however. With support from PerkinElmer, Roland W. Herzog (professor of pediatrics and Riley Children’s Foundation professor of immunology at the Indiana University School of Medicine) joined Nagendra Venkata Chemuturi (scientific director of global research for drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, DMPK, at Takeda Pharmaceuticals) to deliver a BPI “Ask the Expert†presentation exploring strategies for minimizing immune responses to AAV-based…

Cell Media Analysis: A Critical Piece of the Bioprocessing Puzzle

This webcast features: Graziella Piras, Bioprocess Segment Director, 908 Devices Cell culture medium remains a key component of traditional monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based biologics as well as newer modalities such as gene and cell therapies manufacturing. As such, cell culture media development and optimization continue to be an important focus for the biopharmaceutical industry. Increased analytical capabilities have provided new insights into the relationship between cell culture media, the cells they support, and ultimately the outcome of the final product. That greater insight offers more…

Scaling and Stirring: Success Factors in Scale Up with Single-Use Benchtop Bioreactors

This webcast features: Cristina Bernal Martinez, Applications & Support Engineer, and Ann D’Ambruoso, Manager, Product Applications and Marketing, Getinge Single-use systems allow for a faster and easier workflow while simultaneously reducing the risk of errors and contamination in the development process. Nonetheless, fundamental bioreactor principles must be understood to correctly scale up in single-use bioreactors. Learn about the design factors in Applikon’s single-use bioreactors and review common scale-up strategies based on tip speed, power input, and kLa. Furthermore, shear stress…

Manufacturing Capacity and Supply Chain Resilience

This webcast features: Ari Ojinaka, Production Manager, Astrea Bioseparations With increasing demand for vaccines and advanced therapeutic treatments, innovation and resilience are critical to stay ahead of the quickly shifting needs of the industry. As demand for bioseparation products continues to increase and evolve to accommodate traditional and advanced drug profiles, suppliers must ensure that they are delivering more than just products to customers. It is essential to evaluate effective ways to manage and increase capacity and supply chain resilience…

A Scalable Platform for GMP and High-Quality Plasmid Manufacturing

This webcast features: Dr. Mack Kuo, Associate Director BioProcess Development, Wacker Biotech US Inc. Demand for high-quality good manufacturing practice (GMP) plasmid DNA has grown significantly in the past few years. The recent proliferation of mRNA manufacturing, DNA vaccines, viral vector production, CAR T-cell therapies, and CRISPR gene editing technologies have all contributed to a bottleneck in availability of plasmid manufacturing capability. With decades of collective plasmid DNA manufacturing experience, the staff at Wacker Biotech US have released over 100…

TESSA Technology: A Plasmid-Free, Scalable System to Transform AAV Manufacture

This webcast features: Dr. Weiheng Su, Principal Scientist, OXGENE Adenoassociated virus (AAV) is a popular choice of viral vector for new gene therapies, but manufacturing systems have not kept pace with biological advances, leaving these therapies costly, difficult to produce at scale, and subject to inherent batch-to-batch variability. In this webinar, Dr. Weiheng Su describes how rethinking AAV manufacture “from the ground up†allowed OXGENE to manipulate AAV’s natural relationship with adenovirus to address these challenges with their novel tetracycline-enabled…

Big Solutions Come in Small Packages: Expanding Sterile Connection Technology to Small-Format Product or Process Fluid Volume Transfer Applications

This webcast features: Troy Ostreng, Senior Product Manager, Colder Products Company In state-of-the-art biopharmaceutical manufacturing, you’re challenged to engineer and operate processes that are robust, reliable and repeatable. Building on the inventiveness of CPC and its AseptiQuik® Series Connectors, the leader in single-use connection technology, the company’s new MicroCNX™ Series Connectors provide a modern alternative to the tube welding process. In this presentation, CPC’s biopharma senior product manager, Troy Ostreng highlights how this new category of aseptic, sterile micro-connectors provides…

Commercial Scale Insect Cell Culture: Opportunity and Challenges in a CHO Centric World

This webcast features: Sharyn Farnsworth, Principal Scientist and Upstream Process Development-Cell Culture Group Leader, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies A strategy for scale up and manufacture of a recombinant protein from Insect Cell Culture (ICC) using a Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS) should be mapped out during the earliest stages of process development. The challenges of recombinant protein expression using ICC/BEVS production systems are different from more commonly used expression systems such as Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and few vendors have the…