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Current Analytical Approaches to Biophysical Characterization in a Regulatory Environment

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This webcast features: Dr. Anshuman Shukla is Intertek’s Biophysical Characterisation expert at the Center of Excellence for Biopharmaceuticals in Manchester, UK. Structural integrity of protein based therapeutics is one of the major challenges in the biopharmaceutical industry where multiple factors such as the stability, efficacy and shelf life could be affected following minor changes in manufacturing process. This becomes critical particularly with development of more and more biosimilars where comparability to a reference product is required to ensure that the…

December 13, 2018

Introducing Chromassette: Modular Chromatography Platform with a Lattice Supported Bed

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This webcast features: Jason Chiu, Product Marketing Scientist, Bioprocess Group, JSR Life Sciences Chromassette®, a lattice-supporting modular chromatography device, eliminates the constraints of modern column chromatography. The Chromassette technology offers the separation capabilities of conventional chromatography plus the convenience, scalability and other benefits of a pre-packed cassette through its unique, internal scaffold structure that provides consistent “wall support†to all resin beads. In this webinar we will discuss how Chromassette enables high flow-rates for any type of resin regardless of…

December 13, 2018

The Complete e-Book of Biosafety Testing

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Expect the expected. But plan for the unexpected. If your Biosafety Development takes a nose dive, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories’ team of regulatory experts and experienced scientists will help you land safely on two feet. Download The Complete e-Book of Biosafety Testing to learn more about our expertise in biologics raw materials, cell bank preparation, adventitious virus testing, viral clearance studies, next-generation sequencing, genetic stability testing, and more. This e-Book contains the following chapters: Mitigating Risk and Reducing Regulatory Scrutiny of…

December 12, 2018

Manufactured by Jetting: The Future in Protein A Affinity Matrix Design

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Protein A affinity chromatography continues to be the preferred method for commercial purification of antibodies because of its high selectivity and robust resin performance over repeated purification cycles. Reports estimate that US$125 billion of yearly sales will be generated from monoclonal antibody (MAb) products by 2020 (1). Most of those will be purified by largescale protein A affinity chromatography. With the continued growth and commercial importance of MAb production, availability of high-quality resin material and options for secondary sourcing are…

December 11, 2018

Bioproduction Media Optimization Through Spent Media Analysis

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This webcast features: Matthew Smonskey, R&D Scientist, Gibco Bioproduction Services Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific Individual cell lines have unique nutritional requirements which may not be satisfied using catalog media. These deficiencies often result in less than optimal recombinant protein yields during a bioproduction process. This presentation will discuss resources available to identify these media limitations and options for designing custom media formulations in order to maximize protein yields. Watch the recorded webcast below.

December 6, 2018

Multitiered Automation for Improved Efficiency of Bioprocess Analytics

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The first biopharmaceutical, human insulin, was approved for use in 1982 (1). The biopharmaceutical market continues to exhibit healthy growth now, with the number of yearly patent applications increasing by 25% annually since 1995 (2). The total pharmaceutical R&D pipeline has more than doubled since the beginning of the century (Figure 1), much of that attributable to the biologics industry segment. As this industry has matured, new platform methods have emerged, and competition has increased. Consequently, the pressures of speed,…

December 5, 2018

Cell Culture Scale-Up in Stirred-Tank Single-Use Bioreactors

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Bioprocess development usually is carried out in systems with small working volumes. This helps save time and resources because, at small scale, several experiments can be conducted in parallel. Costs for media are kept low, and relatively little laboratory space is required to operate small-scale bioreactors. But over the course of development, biopharmaceutical companies need more material for characterization, trial runs, and finally for commercialization. They transition to bench scale and then up to pilot or production scale with the…

December 3, 2018

Preparing for and Managing Regulatory Inspections

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This webcast features: Ray Marzouk, Vice President of Quality at Avid Bioservices Inc. Nothing gets your heart racing faster than receiving a call from your lobby notifying you that a regulatory authority has arrived to perform an inspection. However, with proper preparation and established inspection management protocols in place, navigating a regulatory inspection doesn’t have to be a scary proposition. As a CDMO manufacturing commercial products since 2005, Avid Bioservices Inc. has successfully hosted several regulatory GMP inspections and PAIs…

November 30, 2018

Characterization and Lot Release Assays for Antibody Drug Conjugates

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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) add an additional level of challenge to testing of biotherapeutics. Besides the antibody, which needs to be evaluated for potential and known mechanisms of action (MoA), there is a cytostatic compound conjugated that alters the behavior of the antibody-vehicle within the typical assays. Therefore, characterization of new innovators as well as biosimilarity assessment is even more challenging than it is for antibody therapeutics. Using the example of Trastuzumab emtansine, Charles River has set up a panel of…

November 26, 2018

Keeping Host Cell Protein ELISAs Covered

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Biological drugs (or biologics) are manufactured by living systems such as microorganisms, and plant and animal cells. Cell lines, like Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), can be engineered to work as cellular factories to produce biologics in addition to their own biological molecules. Host cell proteins (HCPs) are biological by-products of these cellular factories. They are one of the main impurities in harvested cell culture fluid (HCCF), and tend to be released when the cells die or are damaged. These HCPs…

November 26, 2018