DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
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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'Different Kind Of Stem Cell' Possesses Attributes Favoring Regenerative Medicine
A research team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say the new and powerful cells they first created in the laboratory a year ago constitute a new stem-like state of adult epithelial cells.
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Pathobiology Professor's Vaccine Platform Gives Immune Systems A Boost
Dr. Bernhard Kaltenboeck, professor of pathobiology in Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and research associates Erfan Chowdhury and Yihang Li have developed a vaccine platform to treat intracellular diseases for which antibodies are ineffective.
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Frost & Sullivan Lauds Pfenex Inc. For Developing A Protein Expression Platform That Delivers Unparalleled Success And Speed
Based on its comprehensive TEAM Research rigorous 10 step evaluation methodology, Frost & Sullivan has awarded Pfenex Inc. with the 2012 North American Enabling Technology Award in Microbial Expression Technology.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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White Paper: Capillary Electrophoresis — A Simple Technique
In 1989, Beckman Instruments introduced the first fully automated capillary electrophoresis instrument (P/ACE™ 2000) to the scientific community. At that time, CE demonstrated exceptional resolving of selected compounds, but the new technology lacked a track record of applications. By Beckman Coulter, Inc.
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Turning Data Into Information
As biopharmaceutical manufacturing has evolved from small-scale lab production in small flasks to massive commercial production in deep-tank bioreactors, an avalanche of production data has evolved to support it. From individual unit operation skids to distributed control systems and enterprise resource planning tools, biomanufacturing today is buried by the sheer quantity of data coming in from the manufacturing floor.
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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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Biomanufacturing Supply Chains
This white paper examines the major issues with biopharmaceutical supply chains and how to balance inventory and risk optimally in the network.
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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
therapeutics, approached Metabolon to run a metabolism profile for one of their compounds—GMX1777. -
Connection Technology Advances Closed System Processing
The global demand for new biologics and vaccines, combined with the growing emergence of biosimiliars, is challenging drugmakers to re-evaluate their processes and seek ways to make them more flexible, reliable, and cost-effective. By John Boehm, Colder Products Company