The biologics and natural product industries rely heavily on separation technology. Sample analyses are undertaken on the analytical scale, and isolation and purification are undertaken at the preparative scale. Key target components are often isolated to provide standard reference materials for future product quality assurance testing. These products are often very complex mixtures, requiring separation systems to have a high peak capacity for both analytical and preparative scale separations. A technique gaining popularity among companies that require the isolation of…
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Daily Archives
“Combine All Files†Maps
Many proteins are regulated by posttranslational modifications (PTMs) such as deamidation, phosphorylation, and glycosylation. Documented effects of PTMs include changes in enzymatic activity, interactions with other proteins, subcellular localization, and targeted degradation (1, 2). Also these physicochemical modifications may also affect receptor binding (3) or higher order structure (4) and result in clinical effects such as changes to bioactivity, immunogenicity, and bioavailability (5). The development of analytical technologies to rapidly interrogate protein structure also has direct relevance to the biopharmaceutical…
Modeling Flow Distribution in Large-Scale Chromatographic Columns with Computational Fluid Dynamics
Column chromatography remains a key unit operation in downstream processing of biopharmaceuticals. For most commercial processes, two to three chromatography steps are used to remove process-and product-related proteins, DNA and adventitious agents. As the biopharmaceutical industry has increased its product offerings and related demands, downstream processes have fast become a bottleneck (1, 2). Many commercial and clinical processes include a number of cycles on one or more chromatography steps to process the harvest from a single production batch. PRODUCT FOCUS:…
BMD Summit
Implement Disposables and Operational Excellence Strategies to Optimize Facility Use and Achieve Cost and Waste Reduction Cost pressures on the biopharmaceutical industry are mounting from domestic consumer demand, the growth of biosimilars, and emerging manufacturers around the globe. For organizations to remain competitive and gain sustainable cost reductions, they must drive innovation and accelerate their rate of implementation of novel technologies. IBC’s fourth international BMD Summit once again provides the latest case studies, regulatory updates, and new strategies for incorporating…
Products, Services, and Literature
Mixing Options Product: PSU-20 microcompressor Application: Biotechnology/biopharmaceutical development and academic research Features: A new bench-top heavy-duty platform shaker provides three mixing functions (orbital motion, reciprocation, and vibration) and the flexibility of a range of interchangeable platforms. It includes a high-capacity, four-level “hotel” format platform to minimize its footprint. The mixing functions are fully programmable and can be set for continuous or timed operation from one minute to 96 hours to achieve optimum mixing in a single mode or in different…