DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
One-Touch Single-Use Fluid Path Assemblies Enhance Operational Flexibility
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NIH Scientists Map First Steps In Flu Antibody Development
National Institutes of Health scientists have identified how a kind of immature immune cell responds to a part of influenza virus and have traced the path those cells take to generate antibodies that can neutralize a wide range of influenza virus strains. Study researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIH, were led by Gary Nabel, M.D., Ph.D., director of NIAID's Vaccine Research Center. Their findings appear online in advance of print in Nature.
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Avid Bioservices Announces Completion Of Facility Upgrades In Response To Increased Demand For Its Contract Manufacturing Services
Avid Bioservices, Inc, a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) focused on the process development and manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies, proteins and enzymes, today announced that its demand for services has reached an all-time high, while projected revenue for its current fiscal year ending April 2013 is expected to surpass $18 million, a 20% increase from the previous fiscal year.
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Tweaking Gene Expression To Repair LungsLung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are on the rise, according to the American Lung Association and the National Institutes of Health.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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Global Biochemical Profiling For Bioprocess Optimization
It is widely understood that the production phase of bioprocessing can have a significant impact on the overall profitability of the biopharmaceutical.
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USP <787> Small Volume Testing With Liquid Particle Counters
By their very nature, biological therapeutics are not only expensive to manufacture but are often produced in small volumes.
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Biomanufacturing Debottlenecking And Process OptimizationOptimizing biomanufacturing is particularly challenging because of variability and complexity associated with the sharing of finite and interdependent resources. By BIO-G
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Microbial Fermentation In Single-Use Xcellerex™ XDR-50 MO Fermentor SystemThis application note describes the performance of a single-use Xcellerex XDR-50 bioreactor system when used in cultivations of E. coli and of modified Pseudomonas fluorecsens (P. fluorescens) producing a monoclonal antibody (MAb). Both the achieved microbe densities and product yield were shown to be consistent with the performance of conventional stainless steel systems.
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Connection Technology Advances Closed System ProcessingThe 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
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Avoiding Drug Shortages With Microbial Detection
Over the past year, critical drug shortages used to treat a host of life-threatening illnesses have been making headlines. Microbial contamination has been cited as a major contributor to the shortage, yet the prevailing practices to ensure the safety of drugs have been slow to change. In most cases, quality assurance practices safeguarding the drug making environment continue to rely on periodic air and a culturing method from a prior century. By Aric Meares, President and CEO, BioVigilant
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING PRODUCTS
Sartopure PP2 Cartridges were optimized for the wide range of prefiltration.
Resin are designed specifically for intermediate purification steps that remove host-cell contaminants from partially purified targets using strong or weak hydrophobic interactions. Methacrylate-based beads for protein and nucleic acid purification using hydrophobic interactions are available for purifying compounds that have weak or strong hydrophobic regions.
Sartopore 2 XLM filter cartridges are especially designed for validated sterilizing grade filtration and reliable Mycoplasma removal of cell culutre media.
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.