DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES

New Monoclonal Antibody Developed That Can Target Proteins Inside Cancer Cells

Researchers have discovered a unique monoclonal antibody that can effectively reach inside a cancer cell, a key goal for these important anticancer agents, since most proteins that cause cancer or are associated with cancer are buried inside cancer cells.

  • Making The Switch To Single-Use: Have You Thought Of Everything?

    In 2014, Prolong Pharmaceuticals followed through with a decision to build a facility for the scale-up of their lead product, SANGUINATE. As part of this decision, the new facility would not utilize Prolong’s traditional manufacturing process and would instead switch to one that uses single-use technology (SUT) almost exclusively. Chuck Hart, Prolong’s director of manufacturing, recently sat down with me to discuss some areas he feels are sometimes overlooked when switching from traditional stainless steel to SUT.

  • Synergies For Equipping The Single-Use Bioproduction Suite The growth of biopharmaceuticals entering the market has served to change the appearance of the bioproduction suite
  • Aseptika Ltd Launches Time Saving Single-Use Bioreactor Sampler Aseptika Ltd launches Time Saving Single-use Bioreactor Sampler Aseptika Ltd, an innovator in the development of clean technologies for the Biopharmaceutical industry, has launched their Bioreactor Sampler

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  • Managing Cell-Based Potency Assays: From Development To Lifecycle Maintenance

    Characterization of a biological product — which includes the determination of physicochemical properties, biological activity, immunochemical properties, purity and impurities — is necessary to establish the safety and efficacy profile of a given product (ICH Q6B).  By Dr. Weihong Wang, manager, Molecular and Cell Biology, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories

  • Sani-Tech® Ultra White Paper

    For several years, pharmaceutical manufacturing professionals have increasingly stated concerns about material leachables and extractables and their impact on the products they produce. Fluid transfer systems that include flexible tubing have been at the forefront of this discussion. 

  • Materials Of Construction For Biopharmaceutical Water Systems

    Stainless steels are uniquely qualified for bioprocessing applications not only because of their long service life, availability, and fabricability, but also because they are non-corroding, non-contaminant, can be polished to very smooth finishes, are strong and rigid, can withstand heat and chemical sterilization treatments, and are easily welded. By Michelle M. Gonzalez

  • Selecting The Optimal Resins For The Process Purification Of Native And Recombinant Proteins

    Native and recombinant proteins are used in a variety of applications ranging from drug discovery to target validation to high-throughput screening. Due to this, large-scale protein production and purification have become major necessities in industrial settings.

  • A Purification Strategy For Clinical-Grade Monoclonal Antibody

    mAbs are currently the most important class of therapeutic proteins. Advances in upstream process technologies have led to tremendous improvement of mAb titers in mammalian cell culture. 

  • Removal Of Host Cell Proteins During Monoclonal Antibody Purification

    Protein A chromatography is a widely used and highly successful method of purifying recombinant monoclonal antibodies. However, since Protein A has high affinity for antibodies, harsh conditions such as low pH are often required to elute monoclonal antibodies from Protein A affinity columns. By 3M Purification Inc

DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING PRODUCTS

Magnosphere™ is a superparamagnetic particle for in vitro diagnostics and bio research applications.

SoftGrip pipettes routinely receive the highest user satisfaction score of 10 on 11 different aspects of a pipette, including plunger and eject forces, weight, diameter, and texture.

Proyield Wheat WGE80M-UF is a protein hydrolysate derived from wheat gluten protein by enzymatic hydrolysis.

When your instrumentation requires fluid handling equipment, you need more than parts—you need a partner. And that partner is Hamilton Company.

Amsphere™ A3 is a next generation Protein A chromatography resin for advanced protein separation in downstream processing of therapeutic antibodies manufacturing. With high capacity resin, Amsphere™ A3 has an overall improved process robustness, flow characteristics, optimized impurity removal, productivity and resin lifetime.

AseptiQuik® STC Connectors integrate the AseptiQuik® sterile connector and the Steam-Thru® II SIP connector, giving manufacturers even greater flexibility for hybrid stainless steel and single-use processing. 

The VHP® TS1000™ Tri-Scale Sensor boosts VHP® VICTORY™ Biodecontamination Cycle efficiency and effectiveness of room and facility biodecontamination ensuring that hydrogen peroxide vapor sterilant is adequately distributed. 

3M Purification's core filtration technologies address the most demanding applications in pharmaceutical processing for small molecule and active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) applications.

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.

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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