DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
Ablynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX] today announced that they have advanced the Nanobody(®) candidate ALX-0751, together with Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, into pre-clinical development in the field of oncology.
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Battelle Develops Transgenic Plant Protein Production Platform If your company is looking for plant-based protein sources, look into a new transgenic tobacco from Battelle’s Pacific Northwest Laboratory...
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Acceleron Initiates Phase 2 Study Of ACE-536 To Treat Patients With Beta-Thalassemia
Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics for cancer and orphan diseases, recently announced the initiation of a phase 2 study of its novel, investigational protein therapeutic, ACE-536, to treat patients with beta-thalassemia, a genetic hematologic disorder causing chronic and life-threatening anemia and serious complications affecting the spleen, liver and heart.
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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.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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Cultivation Of CHO Suspension Cells And SEAP Expression
This application note describes the cultivation of CHO suspension cells in the wave-mixed Thermo Scientific HyPerforma Rocker Bioreactor with a maximum working volume of 5 L.
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Determination Of kLa Values Of Single-Use Bioreactors
Because single use bioreactors offered by manufacturers vary in parameters critical for oxygen transfer, they are often not comparable to each other and to conventional glass and stainless steel vessels.
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Improving DNA Removal from Bioprocess Purification Processes
Many new biological drug products produced using recombinant DNA technology, such as monoclonal antibodies, are produced in cell culture. Because therapeutic proteins such as monoclonal antibodies are produced in cell culture, impurities can result from the host cells, or cell substrates. By 3M Purification Inc.
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Micro-Volume Determination Of Labeling Efficiency In A Standard Microplate Reader
A variety of methods and reagents have been developed to efficiently label biomolecules. By Peter J. Brescia, Applications Scientist, BioTek Instruments, Inc.
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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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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.