DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
Ultrasound Idea: Prototype NIST/CU Bioreactor Evaluates Engineered Tissue While Creating It
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a prototype bioreactor—a device for culturing cells to create engineered tissues—that both stimulates and evaluates tissue as it grows, mimicking natural processes while eliminating the need to stop periodically to cut up samples for analysis.
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Novavax Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of RSV Vaccine Candidate
Novavax, Inc. today announced that enrollment has begun in a Phase 2 dose-ranging clinical trial of its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate in women of childbearing age.
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Cloak And Swagger: Engineers Use Plasmonics To Create An Invisible Photodetector
It may not be intuitive, but a coating of reflective metal can actually make something less visible, engineers at Stanford and UPenn have shown. They have created an invisible, light-detecting device that can “see without being seen.” By Andrew Myers
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Combo Of Avastin, Second Drug Shows Promise Fighting Brain Cancer, Mayo Clinic Finds
The drug bevacizumab, also known by the trade name Avastin, shrinks tumors briefly in patients with an aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme, but then they often grow again and spread throughout the brain for reasons no one previously has understood.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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Important Considerations For Implementing A Single-Use Biomanufacturing Strategy
Recent trends in biomanufacturing technology and the biopharmaceutical market are supporting the increased adoption of single-use (SU) manufacturing systems. On the demand-side, the biopharma industry is focusing on niche and rare diseases with smaller patient populations, resulting in the need for smaller, more agile biomanufacturing capacity. By Jodi M. Zobrist and Nicole W. O'Brien, Ph. D., Gallus Biopharmaceuticals, LLC
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Examining Column Reproducibility During Method Development In Clinical Labs
In this study demonstrates how the HSS T3 stationary phase is a reliable stationary phase, as three batches made over a five-year span provide comparable results.
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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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Continuous Biomanufacturing: 10 Reasons Sponsors Hesitate
The industry is abuzz with talk about continuous biomanufacturing (CB), and its virtues have been well described. Here we will look at some of the barriers or concerns perceived to limit its value to the industry. Justified or not, quite a few concerns have been expressed regarding the implementation of this new, rather disruptive technology.
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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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Comparison Of Five Cell Culture Media Demonstrating CHO Cell Culture Growth In Batch Or Fed-Batch Process For Commercial Operations
This case study details a two month, four phase project to design chemically-defined feed media that improved two simulated batch processes utilizing products by SAFC, Life Technologies, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Irvine Scientific. By Mark C. Arjona, Evan R. Horowitz, Alex A. Jurisch, Jenny Y. Bang, Tom Fletcher, Irvine Scientific