Gustavo Mahler, president and chief executive officer, AGC Biologics AGC Biologics is one of the largest global biologics contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO) specializing in clinical and commercial development of therapeutic proteins. It has developed more than 200 products, both mammalian and microbial, from preclinical to commercial on all scales. The company’s CGMP facilities are located in the United States, Europe, and Japan. AGC Biologics’s technologies and strategies to accelerate time to market include standardized cell-line and cell-bank creation…

Greg Adams, senior director of global analytical strategy and development, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) “Proteins have personalities.” Adams began. Their three-dimensional structures and folding patterns influence how each protein will behave. Analytical methods that evaluate a protein’s quality attributes need to be reproducible and robust. Proteins are evaluated through elucidating their amino acid sequences, using molecular informatics and modeling, characterizing three-dimensional structures, and understanding the degree of posttranslational modifications. The resulting knowledge will help you ensure consistency and safeguard methods.…

Andrew Sandford, vice president of business development, Catalent Biologics Catalent feels strongly about “Patients First.” The core of the company’s mission is to “enhance and improve the lives of your patients.” Bringing a new drug to market is expensive, costing about US$2.6 billion per drug. It takes an average of 12 years from drug discovery to final approval, with only 1 in 5,000 products ultimately approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The expense, risk, and long timelines of drug…

Eunyoung Yang, team leader and chief development officer of the business development team, Samsung BioLogics Samsung is maximizing customer satisfaction by providing customized, cost-effective, and comprehensive development and manufacturing services. It is the number-four company in the world worth, US$92.3 billion, with 672 offices in 91 countries and employing 512,000 people. Samsung provides electronics (its most well-known business), engineering and construction for heavy industries, financial services, and healthcare support including biologics manufacturing, a medical center, and electronic medical devices. Samsung…