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Streamlining Downstream Process Development

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Normal-flow filtration is used throughout downstream processes for biologics including depth, sterile, and viral filtration applications. Because of its ubiquity in large-scale biomanufacturing, using the most efficient normal-flow filter media area and type can lead to significant cost savings. But determining the most effective media type and area can be time consuming, labor intensive, and complicated because of a lack of specialized laboratory-scale equipment.

The equipment commonly used in this evaluation presents several disadvantages, including poor integration of multiple components from different sources (including pressure sensors, signal conditioning, data acquisition, balances, and pumps), continuous operator monitoring, and decreased portability of most systems due to their numerous components. This white paper describes how Genentech Inc. and PendoTECH collaborated on developing an integrated filter-sizing system that addresses these challenges and aids in efficient evaluation of filter media for manufacturing-scale processes.

June 1, 2011

Navigating the Biopharmaceutical Regulatory Pathway: Replacing Undefined Raw Materials with Chemically-defined Substitutes

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With market demands increasing, biopharmaceutical producers are constantly looking for ways to enhance product quality while reducing costs and risk. One way to meet these changing demands is to replace animal-derived supplements with chemically-defined substitutes. In this educational webcast, Dr. Michael Titus, Director of Quality Management and Regulatory Compliance with BD Biosciences, outlines the regulatory pathway involved in making such a switch. Dr. Titus will discuss:

• A background on the uses of supplements in the cell culture production process;
• Change control & risk management;
• And the regulatory path of making the switch to chemically-defined supplements.

Join Dr. Titus as he demonstrates how chemically-defined supplements can boost performance, reduce risk and increase consistency in commercially marketed biopharmaceutical products.

May 1, 2011

Blank Slate Biomanufacturing: Designing the Ideal Operation from a Blank Sheet of Paper

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If you could start with a blank sheet of paper, what would your biomanufacturing operation look like? Robust, adaptable, cost-effective and efficient probably come to mind, but how do you get there? In this educational webcast, Parrish Galliher, Founder and CTO of Xcellerex, takes an in-depth look at the strategies involved in designing the ideal biomanufacturing facility from a blank slate. You’ll learn how to optimize your operation to:

• Increase Speed
• Enhance Flexibility
• Decrease Risk
• Improve Economics

View this webcast to discover the steps for maximizing your biomanufacturing process.

May 1, 2011

Key Aspects of Managing Early Phase Development Programs for Long Term Success

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From selection of a cell line to release of the first clinical batch, product and process developers make decisions that have timeline, financial, and regulatory consequences. As contract manufacturing becomes the norm rather than the exception in our industry, it is important that a Sponsor and CMO make the best use of each other’s expertise for maximum benefit to product and patients. In this presentation, Dr. George Koch, Chief Scientific Officer for Contract Manufacturing and Director of Project Management with Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, provides insight into:

• Selecting a CMO
• Process and Method Development
• The First Tox Lots
• The First Clinical Lots

View this on-demand educational webcast to learn more about manufacturing best practices for preclinical activities.

May 1, 2011

Fill, Finish and Testing of Phase I/II Drug Products

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Florida Biologix, a full service CMO for Phase I/II biologics, has significant experience with a variety of aseptic liquid fill projects. This presentation walks you through key considerations and decisions you will need to make when outsourcing a fill. This webcast discusses the major considerations involved in the process, such as:

• Timeline
• Component, Volume & Testing
• Documentation
• Execution
• Shipping, Handling and Storage

The presentation provides information that anyone looking to outsource a clinical batch liquid fill needs to know to help ensure a successful outcome.

May 1, 2011

Modeling Perfusion Processes in Biopharmaceutical Production

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Biopharmaceutical manufacturing is mostly batch-based for a number of reasons: lower perceived contamination risks, batch-to-batch segregation, and historical legacy. Despite those reasons, perfusion is used by a number of biomanufacturers because it produces large product quantities using smaller bioreactors than would be possible with batch-based production.

Though perfusion-based production presents challenges that confound traditional models, it can create an environment in which many more factors can be influenced to directly optimize production. Read this case study to learn more about how perfusion can be used to create flexible, “just-in-time†facilities that respond to manufacturing conditions.

February 1, 2011

Engineering Analysis of Mixing in ATMI’s Bioreactors Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

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The Integrity® PadReactorâ„¢ and Nucleoâ„¢ systems are a single-use bioreactors specifically designed to fulfill the needs of cell culturists. They are perfectly suited to laboratory environments, process develop¬ment centers, clinical material supply and flexible GMP manufacturing. The bioreactor vessel, which offers comparable functionality to classical stirred tank bioreactors, is a single-use bag integrating an internal paddle mixing and sparger system. This innovative bag design allows a non-invasive connection to the system. The paddle is enclosed in a medical grade ULDPE…

November 18, 2010

Viral Vaccine Manufacturing Scale Using the iCELLIstm Disposable Fixed-Bed Reactor

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Viral vaccines are usually produced by anchorage-dependent cell lines. At industrial scale, these cells are either cultivated in static mode on multiplate systems (Roller bottles, Cell Factories, Cell Cube, etc.) or on suspended micro-carriers (porous or non-porous) in in bioreactors. Multiplate systems are bulky and require a lot of handling operations, whereas microcarrier cultures require numerous operations (sterilization and hydration of carriers,bead-to-bead transfers) from pr eculture to final process. However most of the currently available disposable reactors are not well…

November 12, 2010

Albumin: A robust pharmaceutical excipient in the stabilization of protein therapeutics

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Optimal formulation of peptide and protein pharmaceuticals into efficacious dosage forms to ensure sufficient stability and provide acceptable shelf life is critical. To achieve a stable pharmaceutical drug product, excipients are often added to the protein drug substance. In this study, we investigate recombinant human albumin (rAlbumin) for its ability to prevent or minimize physical and chemical degradation of two allelic variants of the recombinant malaria vaccine candidate, merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2), in various test formulations. The studies establish…

November 12, 2010

The Effect of Conductivity on Dynamic Binding Capacity on CEX Resins

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In an effort to improve the antibody manufacturing platform, newer Cation Exchange Resins were evaluated. Dynamic binding studies were conducted using 2 different monoclonal antibodies at a stable pH and varying conductivities across nine resins to determine the differences in binding capacity. DBC Studies were performed at a pH of 5 and conductivities of 5, 10 and 15 mS/cm for the nine cation exchange resins with breakthrough criteria set at 10%. While most of the resins provided excellent binding capacity…

November 12, 2010