DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
Roche announced recently that the European Commission (EC) has approved Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with standard chemotherapy (carboplatin and gemcitabine) as a treatment for women with first recurrence of platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.
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New Nanoparticles Shrink Tumors In Mice
MIT researchers have developed RNA-delivering nanoparticles that allow for rapid screening of new drug targets in mice. In their first mouse study, done with researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute, they showed that nanoparticles that target a protein known as ID4 can shrink ovarian tumors.
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Saint-Gobain's New C-Flex® ULTRA Pump Tubing For Biopharmaceutical Applications Outperforms The Competition
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has expanded its line of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) tubing with the addition of new C-Flex® ULTRA pump tubing, a product designed specifically to perform in demanding biopharmaceutical applications such as pumping, single-use assemblies, process filling and sampling.
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Rockland Immunochemicals Acquires TrueBlot Product Line
Rockland Immunochemicals Inc., a biotechnology company focusing on antibodies and antibody based tools for basic research, assay development, and preclinical studies, recently announced the acquisition of the TrueBlot IP/Western blot product line from eBioscience, Inc., an Affymetrix company.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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Biological Contamination Events In Isolators: What Lessons Can Be Learned?
Microbiological deviation and biological contamination events have been observed in pharmaceutical isolators including those used in production, sterility test and pharmacy aseptic services. By James Drinkwater, Bioquell UK Process & Compliance Director
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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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![Bio-rad]( "Mammalian Virus Purification Using Ceramic Hydroxyapatite")
Mammalian Virus Purification Using Ceramic HydroxyapatiteConventional 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.
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Economic Analysis Of Single-Use Tangential Flow Filtration For Biopharmaceutical Applications Prior to creating an accurate economic model for TFF, a thorough understanding of the process where the TFF is used is needed. A process model is a valuable tool when properly executed and it must accurately include all critical aspects of the purification process. By Michael LaBreck, Mark Perreault, Novasep
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Efficiencies Of Natural Convection In Passive Pallet Shippers
Bulk transportation of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals and biologics has become a common practice due to complex global supply chains. By Iftekhar Ahmed, Ben VanderPlas, and Stu Krupnick
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Protein A Alternatives: Mixed Mode Resins For High Throughput mAb Feedstocks
Mixed mode resins can serve as an alternative to protein A in intermediate processing. Implementation of mixed mode resins can reduce water required for filtration and time for column loading.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING PRODUCTS
A wide selection of ion exchange resin is available in various particle sizes, ionic forms, and purity ranges to offer a variety of purification solutions for process applications. Nuvia ion exchange resins are a family of best-in-class ion exchangers built with exceptionally high capacities and excellent purification capabilities, providing process developers more flexibility and higher productivity. The Macro-Prep are rigid macroporous hydrophilic resin meet the demands of process-scale applications. Chemically and mechanically stable, the resin operate well at low and medium pressures.
Sartopure PP2 Cartridges were optimized for the wide range of prefiltration.
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.