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Lonza And OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Sign A Process Development And Manufacturing Collaboration And Multi-Product GS License Agreement For Anti-Cancer Therapeutics

Lonza, a global leader in biological manufacturing and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving cancer treatment, announced recently an agreement for the development and manufacture of OncoMed’s pipeline of anti-cancer stem cell therapeutics.

  • BioPharma Industry Getting Comfortable With Complex Single-Use Devices

    The rate of usage of disposables in biopharmaceutical manufacturing has increased substantially over the past six years in a variety of areas, but most notably for complex devices, that are also among the most expensive. By Eric Langer

  • GE Healthcare launches modular biopharmaceutical factory, KUBio

    GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE, today introduced KUBio™, an innovative off-the-shelf, modular factory designed to save manufacturers of biopharmaceuticals both time and money.  KUBio’s pre-made modules, which are assembled at a customer’s chosen site to make a fully functional ready-to-run bioprocessing facility, are significantly faster to install than constructing a traditional factory.

  • FDA Approves New Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Made Using Novel Technology

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it has approved Flublok, the first trivalent influenza vaccine made using an insect virus (baculovirus) expression system and recombinant DNA technology. Flublok is approved for the prevention of seasonal influenza in people 18 through 49 years of age.

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PreSens offers a new system for measuring oxygen and pH in shake flasks. The SFR – Shake Flask Reader measures rapid and precise in up to 9 shake flasks simultaneously. This novel device is used for microbial cultivations and cell cultures.

The Emphaze Hybrid Purifier is a new single-use clarifying device containing a multi-mechanism all synthetic Q-functional anion exchange media integrated with a fine particle, bioburden reduction membrane. The anion exchange media is comprised of a quaternary amine hydrogel supported by a fine fiber nonwoven scaffold. A combination of 3M technology platforms enables the hyperfunctionalization of a high purity polypropylene nonwoven with a covalently attached, thermally stable, water soluble polymer; the functional polymer accounts for roughly two-thirds of the mass of the anion exchange media. The bioburden reduction membrane is a highly asymmetric, high loading capacity polyamide membrane which has nine zones of decreasing pore size spanning a roughly 20X range and terminating with a 0.2 μm bioburden reduction rated pore size.

The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer is a microfluidics-based platform for sizing, quantification and quality control of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells on a single platform. Results are delivered within 30-40 minutes in automated, high quality digital data.

Sterilizing grade 0.04um, 0.1um, 0.2um hydrophilic PES membrane filters plus other micron ratings. Single layer or double layer PES and with optional prefilter layers to extend on-stream life. Gamma compatible and suitable PVDF alternative. Mold injected capsules with multiple inlet / outlet options including sanitary ‘T’ clamps, hose barbs, quick sanitary connectors, elbows and threads. Almost any combination of connecting inlet or outlet is possible with over 30 options. Full validation supporting documents are available. Ideal for tube sets and hook up to bioreactors, fermenters, biocontainer, biobags, wave bags or single use fermenters.

ZenPure’s in-company mold design and injection capabilities, filter production and quality assurance facilitate manufacturing audit and product traceability that meet the highest industry standards.

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

CHO Feed 3 is a chemically-defined protein-free feed medium of non-animal origin. Using Irvine Scientific’s Rational Culture Media Design™ approach, this formulation has been developed to achieve high growth kinetics and product yield in fed-batch processes.

Encompassing two leading-edge processes, multi-zone microporous membrane construction and Advanced Pleating Technolog (APT) design, LifeASSURE™ PSA Series filters offer robust 0.20 and 0.10 micron absolute-rated filtration and exceptionally long service life.

BioTek’s Take3™ and Take3™ Trio Micro Volume Plates are designed to increase the functionality of your BioTek microplate spectrophotometer, multi-mode or Hybrid reader by decreasing the sample size required to a mere 2 µL.

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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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