DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
BioChip May Make Diagnosis Of Leukemia And HIV Faster, Cheaper
Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, according to researchers.
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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Acquires Twin Bay Medical
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has completed the acquisition of Twin Bay Medical, a Michigan based innovator and manufacturer of BarbLock® products - flexible tube retainers - as well as single-use components for biopharmaceuticals manufacturing.
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Advanced BioScience Laboratories Awards Avid Bioservices HIV Vaccine Development And Manufacturing Contract
Avid Bioservices, a subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that it has been chosen by Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. (ABL) to provide development and large-scale manufacturing services to support cGMP production of an HIV envelope protein, as a component of a preventive vaccine against HIV infection.
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Sanofi And PATH Announce The Launch Of Large-Scale Production Of Semisynthetic Artemisinin Against Malaria
Sanofi (Euronext: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and PATH’s Drug Development program, established through an affiliation with OneWorld Health, today announced the launch of the large-scale production line of semisynthetic artemisinin at Sanofi’s Garessio site in Italy.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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Efficiency Test Of ReadyToProcess™ Columns
ReadyToProcess™ columns are prepacked, prequalified, and presanitized process chromatography columns suited for purification of biopharmaceuticals (e.g., proteins, vaccines, plasmids, and viruses) for clinical phase I and II studies. ReadyToProcess columns are available with several media at different volumes (1, 2.5, 10, and 20 L).
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Gemin X Pharmaceuticals: Finding A Drug's Mechanism Of Action
Gemin X, a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of advanced oncology
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Improving DNA Removal from Bioprocess Purification Processes
Many new biological drug products produced using recombinant DNA technology, such as monoclonal antibodies, are produced in cell culture. Because therapeutic proteins such as monoclonal antibodies are produced in cell culture, impurities can result from the host cells, or cell substrates. By 3M Purification Inc.
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Applications And Integration Of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor For Biotech/Bioprocess
The increase in size and scale of bio-processing is presenting a new challenge. Traditional methods of sterilisation, to maintain clean facilities, are becoming difficult to deploy in a controlled and regulatory compliant way. By Richard Lucas, Ph.D., Bioquell UK Ltd.
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Guidelines For Proper Filtration And Delivery Of Samples To On-Line Process Analyzers
Increasingly precise process control strategies, often linked to computer control, have accelerated the use of sophisticated on-line chemical composition analyzers in plant applications. Instruments such as gas and liquid chromatographs, ion chromatographs, laser optic instruments, atomic absorption instruments and specific ion analyzers, which were rarities in laboratories ten years ago, are now found routinely in plant settings. By Ken Perrotta, Division Engineering Manager
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Met One Sensors Resistant To Vaporous Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) Pharmaceutical manufacturers often require an aseptic production environment to minimize the presence of microbes and their potential contamination of the manufactured product.
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A proven method for confirming protein purity and yield without the need for gel staining steps. Stain-free gels provide visual confirmation of protein purity and yield by gel electrophoresis in less than 30 minutes. Stain-free technology is perfect for drug discovery, drug development, and method development for preclinical research.
ÄKTA avant™ is a preparative chromatography system designed for fast and secure development of scalable methods and processes.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING MULTIMEDIA
Bioprocess With The Bozenhardts is back, with a fresh episode packed with advice from Herman and Erich on the selection of filling systems for biopharmas. Listen in as the Bozenhardts give us an update on the process, logistics, and administration trends that are informing filling system decisions today, and offer direction on making choices that will prepare you for the fast-advancing therapies of tomorrow.
Bio-Rad now offers two very high capacity ion exchangers: Nuvia S, which can be used for capture and/or intermediate polishing; and Nuvia Q, which can be used for intermediate and/or final polishing.