Posters

Application of QbD Concepts to a Final Sterile Filtration Step

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The International Committee for Harmonization (ICH) defines quality by design (QbD) as “a systematic approach to development that begins with predefined objectives and emphasizes product and process understanding and process control, based on sound science and quality risk management.†When implementing a QbD approach, biomanufacturers need to identify a product’s critical quality attributes (CQAs) from which a reliable manufacturing process capable of delivering the CQAs can then be developed. This is achieved by performing a risk assessment on each attribute…

November 17, 2015

NatriFlo® HD-Q Membrane Adsorber: A New Single-Use High-Capacity Polishing Tool with Excellent Salt Tolerance and Process Robustness for MAb Purification

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Strong anion exchange (Q) chromatography has become an industry standard in MAb production. It is a proven technology to remove DNA, viruses, endotoxins and acidic host cell proteins from process feed streams in flowthrough mode. Recent trends show an increasing interest in downstream single-use technologies and flexible biomanufacturing due to advancement in cell culture technology and emergence of biosimilars. Traditional chromatography columns are slow, often oversized and not suitable for flexible biomanufacturing. Conventional membrane adsorbers cannot provide sufficient process robustness…

November 17, 2015

Gyrolabâ„¢ CHO-HCP Kit Panel Simplifies HCP Assay Selection in Bioprocess Development

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Host cell protein (HCP) levels in drug products are critical to product quality since HCPs may pose a serious risk to patient safety. The challenge is to accurately quantify the complex mixture of HCP impurities, which vary in properties and abundance depending on the cell line, media, and process parameters. Generic immunoassays commonly used to measure HCP impurities are based on polyclonal antibodies raised against HCPs from non-transfected cell lines. How well a particular HCP assay recognizes all proteins depends…

November 17, 2015

Enhanced Endotoxin Removal By Synergistic Effect of Positively Charged Depth Filtration and Polyethylene Glycol

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Recombinant therapeutic proteins derived from E. coli require robust endotoxin removal, ideally performed using multiple process steps providing orthogonal and robust clearance. Typical recovery processes for E. coli expressed proteins consist of cell harvest by centrifugation, homogenization, collection of inclusion bodies by centrifugation, solubilization, refold, and clarification by depth filtration. Endotoxin clearance across the recovery operations is usually on the order of one log. Here, we demonstrate that endotoxin clearance can be enhanced to five logs by using 16% polyethylene…

November 17, 2015

Cell Debris Removal By Single-Use Diatomaceous Earth (DE) Filtration

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Many biotechnological products are obtained by the help of native or recombinant microbial cells in fermentation processes. In order to get intracellular target molecules, like proteins or enzymes, the cells have to be destructed. This is done with cell rupture techniques (e.g. high-pressure homogenization) which generate a suspension containing cell debris and cell contents (proteins, DNA, mRNA, etc.). The first step in the following purification sequence is the removal of the cell debris. One possibility to do this is the…

November 17, 2015

Development and Optimization of CHOgro® Transient Expression Technologies for High Titer Antibody Production in Suspension CHO Cells

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During early stage drug development, quickly obtaining relevant candidate proteins through transient transfection can accelerate drug dis-covery. High titers are often obtained from Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) 293 derived cell types; however, the use of different host cells between early stage transient and later stable protein production is a concern and can lead to the advancement of false-positive candidates. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are a desirable target cell type due to growth characteristics and a history of regulatory approval;…

November 17, 2015

Development of a Novel Cold Chain Tubing, FP-FLEX™, and Single- Use Freezing Bag for Working Cell Banks Enabling Closed-System Processing to Temperatures as Low as -196°C

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Working cell banks (WCB’s) are commonly applied to initiate cell culture manufacturing campaigns for production of therapeutic proteins. These campaigns typically begin with inoculation of cells previously cryopreserved in vials. While vials are typically used to establish WCB’s and initiate manufacturing campaigns, they are not optimal for the growing demands of commercial production. Vials are small and filling/removal is performed through an open cap. This process leads to numerous manual operations and culture vessels, resulting in contamination risks and potential…

November 17, 2015

Scaling Up Clinical T cell Expansion in a Xuriâ„¢ Cell Expansion System

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Administration of antigen-specific T cells (ASTs), in particular for viral infections in transplantation, is one of the key focuses in immunotherapy. The Xuriâ„¢ Cell Expansion System can be used as an alternative to static cell culture methods for the stimulation and expansion of ASTs. The process described here demonstrates the use of the Xuri Cell Expansion System from the initiation of culture to the generation of virus-specific T cells. This includes a semi-static phase for antigen stimulation, a rocking phase…

November 15, 2015

Design of a New Range of High Capacity and High Flow Agarose Resins

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With the continuing development of high titer cell lines, resins with very high capacity at relevant residence times are becoming increasingly important. This paper will present application and characterization data from a set of novel, agarose-based resins, with ion exchange functionality as well as with immobilized alkaline stable Protein A. The cation exchanger has a dynamic binding capacity of more than 120 mg monoclonal antibody/mL resin without the introduction of surface extenders. Performance data from an alkaline stable Protein A…

May 6, 2015

A Xeno-Free Culture System for hMSC from Various Sources Suitable for Initial Isolation and Expansion Toward Clinical Applications

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Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) are multipotent adult stem cells present in a variety of tissue niches in the human body. hMSC have advantages over other stem cell types due to the broad variety of their tissue sources, since they are immuno-privileged, and for their ability to specifically migrate to tumors and wounds in vivo. Due to these traits hMSC have become desirable tools in tissue engineering and cell therapy. In most clinical applications hMSC are expanded in vitro before…

April 1, 2015