DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
High-Flow Sterile Connectors For Single-Use Applications
Over the past decade, two developments have increased demand for high fl ow-rate connectors: Size advances in single-use bioreactors up to 2000L and the implementation of single-use downstream.
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Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. And Merck Serono Announce Collaboration To Develop And Commercialize Biosimilars
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. [NYSE:RDY] and Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced today a partnership to co-develop a portfolio of biosimilar compounds in oncology, primarily focused on monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). The partnership covers co-development, manufacturing and commercialization of the compounds around the globe, with some specific country exceptions.
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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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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).
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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Rapid Screening Of A Cell-Based Assay For GLP-1 Receptor Using A Natural Product Library
Here we demonstrate the detection of GLP-1R binding through the incorporation of a homogeneous cell-based binding assay using HTRF Tag-lite® technology. By Brad Larson and Peter Banks, BioTek Instruments, Inc. and Nicolas Pierre, Suzanne Graham, Jean-Luc Tardieu, and François Degorce, Cisbio US, Inc.
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Efficiency Test Of ReadyToProcess™ Columns
ReadyToProcess™ columns are prepacked, prequalified, and presanitized process chromatography columns suited for purification of biopharmaceuticals (e.g., proteins, vaccines, plasmids, and viruses) for clinical phase I and II studies. ReadyToProcess columns are available with several media at different volumes (1, 2.5, 10, and 20 L).
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Biomanufacturing Complexity
This white paper addresses one of the most serious challenges facing biomanufacturing professionals today - how to understand and then deal with the extreme complexity associated with biotechnology manufacturing.
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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
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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
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Metal Removal From Fine Chemical Products
Metal contamination in various injectable or even oral medicines is a serious concern.