DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
Repligen Corporation announced recently that it has acquired the business of Refine Technology (“Refine”), including Refine’s Alternating Tangential Flow (“ATF”) System, a market-leading device used to significantly increase product yield during the fermentation step of the biologic drug manufacturing process.
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NIH Researchers Implicate Unique Cell Type In Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found evidence that a unique type of immune cell contributes to multiple sclerosis (MS).
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COVID-19 Consortium: Competitive Collab On A Plasma-Derived Therapy
A host of global biopharma competitors are collaborating under the CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance to secure enough convalescent plasma to produce an effective COVID-19 therapeutic at global scale. Takeda’s Dr. Thomas R. Kreil will present at the upcoming FDA/Xavier PharmaLink Conference.
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Injection-Free Vaccination
Injection-free vaccination technique could address global vaccine challenge for diseases such as HIV and malaria
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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CD69 Expression On Activated Lymphocytes Is Stable In Streck's Cyto-Chex® BCT
The purpose of this study was to determine if the activation marker, CD69, is preserved and stable in whole blood samples collected in Cyto-Chex® BCT. Previous studies have demonstrated CD marker stability of whole blood samples collected in Cyto-Chex BCT for up to 7 days when stored at room temperature (18-22°C). By Jodi Alt, Ph.D
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Best Practices For Process Scale Column Packing Of CHT™ Ceramic Hydroxyapatite Media
CHT ceramic hydroxyapatite media require specific considerations during process-scale chromatography packing due to high specific gravity, rapid settling rate, and sensitivity to mechanical shear.
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How CHT Ceramic Hydroxyapatite Works Application Note
CHT ceramic hydroxyapatite is a versatile chromatography support used for separation of biological molecules as diverse as polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, enzymes, nucleic acids, and membrane proteins. By Paul Ng, Jie He, and Andrew Cohen, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA 94547
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Chromatography Column Protection With 3M Purification LifeASSURE™ PLA Series Membrane Filters Protective, or guard, filters are often used in chromatography column purification steps to protect the column media from contaminants in the various fluids that come in contact with the column.
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White Paper: Comparability Of The Cell-Freeze® (Charter Medical) Freezing Bag To The Cryocyte™ (Baxter) Bag For Cryogenic Storage Of Human Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells Successful cryopreservation of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) is dependent upon a number of factors, including the biopreservation media, freezing rates, and storage using sterile, cryogenically durable storage bags. The Cell-Freeze® cryogenic storage containers are 510(k) cleared for storage, preservation and transfer of hematopoietic progenitor stem cells (HPC’s). By Charter Medical, Ltd.
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A Disposable Valve For Process Chromatography
This case study discusses the need for a fully automated, disposable chromatography system which was PLC controlled and designed for use in a cGMP environment. The required applications for the chromatography system included contamination removal, and concentration and purification of biologically derived proteins used in the production of research and clinical materials.