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Pfenex Inc. Awards Althea Technologies A Contract For cGMP Manufacturing Of Circumsporozoite Protein From Plasmodium Falciparum, A Key Malaria Antigen

Pfenex Inc. recently announced that it has awarded Althea Technologies a contract for the current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) manufacturing of circumsporozoite protein (CSP) from Plasmodium falciparum, an important and proven component of an effective malaria vaccine.

  • FDA Approval Pushes Novartis Into 21st Century Vaccine Development

    In 2009, the world experienced a global threat in the form of H1N1. Despite a prompt response to the need for a vaccine in the United States, it was still not available until six months later and not enough doses were even produced to cover all Americans. During the year-long battle with the deadly virus, the CDC estimates between 8,870 and 18,300 people died due to H1N1-related complications. In the world of influenza vaccine production using chicken eggs, the response experienced during the H1N1 outbreak is not uncommon. Is this the best our industry can do? Novartis says NO.

  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Detector-Agnostic Software For Liquid And Gas Chromatography

    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, introduces Thermo Scientific TraceFinder software version 2.1 for routine, high analytical throughput analysis of gas and liquid chromatography data.

  • The Real Threat To Biopharma Supply Chains: Bioprocessing Materials

    The COVID-19 induced risk to biopharma is not a shortage of pharmaceutical ingredients. It’s the constricting supply of consumable materials and equipment necessary to produce therapies from them. Mike Piccarreta, Partner at Kearney, offers an outlook and practical advice on supply stabilization in this BioProcess Online exclusive. 

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  • How CHT Ceramic Hydroxyapatite Works Application Note

    CHT ceramic hydroxyapatite is a versatile chromatography support used for separation of biological molecules as diverse as polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, enzymes, nucleic acids, and membrane proteins. By Paul Ng, Jie He, and Andrew Cohen, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA 94547

  • Compound Profiling And Toxicity

    Utilizing a systems approach to drug discovery has generated a multitude of high affinity compounds for various classes of molecular targets with different degrees of disease state validation.

  • An Automated Profiling Application For G9a Histone Methyltransferase And Bromodomain Proteins

    Due to several findings, G9a and BET bromodomain proteins have become the target for numberous drug discovery projects. In this study, we describe a novel, cell-based assay platform that uses the robust, yet simple Enzyme Fragment Complementation (EFC) Technology.

  • Mammalian Virus Purification Using Ceramic Hydroxyapatite

    Conventional techniques for mammalian virus purification produce variable quality, quantity, and significant loss of particle infectivity. We  propose the chromatographic separation of viral particles of diverse sizes and from different families such as dengue, influenza, mouse hepatitis, adenovirus, poliovirus using CHT Ceramic Hydroxyapatite resin.

  • Improving Aggregate Removal From mAb Feed Using Cation Exchange Chromatography

    Researchers in the field of chromatography have required ever more sophisticated and selective methods for removing aggregates from the monomer.

  • Continuous Biomanufacturing: 10 Reasons Sponsors Hesitate

    The industry is abuzz with talk about continuous biomanufacturing (CB), and its virtues have been well described. Here we will look at some of the barriers or concerns perceived to limit its value to the industry. Justified or not, quite a few concerns have been expressed regarding the implementation of this new, rather disruptive technology. 

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ÄKTA avant™ is a preparative chromatography system designed for fast and secure development of scalable methods and processes.

Polyethylene (PE) and PTFE hydrophobic membranes for economical air / gas and vent filtration. Virus, bacteria and spore retentive. PE is gamma stable and will substitute PVDF. Retention ratings from 0.01um in gas applications or 0.1um in liquid applications, to 10um.

PES, Nylon or Cellulose Acetate hydrophilic membranes provide performance improvements over other membrane types like PVDF. Microbially retentive micron ratings from 0.04um, 0.1um and 0.2um to prefilter ratings 0.45um, 0.65um and up to 1.2um.

ZenPure designs, mold-manufactures and injects its own filter components. Engineering, product development and filter production under ISO standards facilitate full quality audit and traceability to meet the highest industry standards. Validation support documentation is available for appropriate products.

Antibody against Macrophage/Macroglia-specific Protein, Iba1.

ÄKTA™ chromatography systems can handle both simple and complex purification tasks and accelerate daily routines. All systems are controlled by UNICORN™ software, a common control platform and user interface for all scales of operation. 

High volume labs require simple, durable solutions to their centrifugation needs. Beckman Coulter’s Allegra® Series general purpose, benchtop centrifuges serve the needs of these labs by saving time, offering ease-of-use, and providing reliable design for endurance under the most exacting standards.

Our upstream process equipment including bioreactors, roller culture equipment and incubators. Small scale consumables and glassware contained in this section include, staining ware, tissue grinders, spinner flasks, and magnetic stirrers.

The ATF™ System was originally designed for perfusion processes in mammalian cell culture, using hollow fiber filters to achieve an efficient cell separation with low shear and allowing robust large scale manufacturing.
Proyield Soy SE50MAF-UF is a protein hydrolysate derived from soy protein by enzymatic hydrolysis. The enzymes used for digestion are from non-animal sources. Proyield Soy SE50MAF-UF has been ultrafiltered to reduce endotoxin.

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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.

Beckman Coulter's Randall Lockner, marketing manager for centrifugation, explains the highlights of the floor model ultracentrifuge, the Optima X Series.

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.

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