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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has completed the acquisition of Twin Bay Medical, a Michigan based innovator and manufacturer of BarbLock® products - flexible tube retainers - as well as single-use components for biopharmaceuticals manufacturing.
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Pfenex Awarded Contract By The NIAID To Develop An Alternative Delivery Method For rPA-based Anthrax Vaccine
Pfenex Inc. Awarded Contract by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to Develop an Alternative Delivery Method for its Recombinant Protective Antigen (rPA)-based Anthrax Vaccine
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Nanotherapeutics Selects GE Healthcare Life Sciences Technologies For Advanced Development And Manufacturing Center
GE Healthcare recently announced that biopharmaceutical company Nanotherapeutics, Inc. has selected GE Healthcare Life Sciences' FlexFactory biomanufacturing platform to perform a central role in its Advanced Development and Manufacturing (NANO-ADM) Center at Alachua, Florida, USA.
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Additional Details Concerning Issue Of Shares To Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation As Part Of The Daratumumab Agreement
Genmab A/S announced recently additional details concerning the subscription of shares by Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) as part of the global license and development agreement for daratumumab (HuMax-CD38) between Genmab (see Genmab's Company Announcement 20) and Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson.
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Effect Of Sterilization On Mechanical Properties Of Silicone Rubbers
Silicone rubber is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry where sterilizability is an essential requirement for all fluid transfer equipment. Pharmaceutical products must be sterilized frequently and repeatedly by high level energy and/or chemical vapor in order to eliminate bacterial surface contamination.
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![Bio-rad]( "Improving Aggregate Removal From mAb Feed Using Cation Exchange Chromatography")
Improving Aggregate Removal From mAb Feed Using Cation Exchange ChromatographyResearchers in the field of chromatography have required ever more sophisticated and selective methods for removing aggregates from the monomer.
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Guidelines For Proper Filtration And Delivery Of Samples To On-Line Process Analyzers
Increasingly precise process control strategies, often linked to computer control, have accelerated the use of sophisticated on-line chemical composition analyzers in plant applications. Instruments such as gas and liquid chromatographs, ion chromatographs, laser optic instruments, atomic absorption instruments and specific ion analyzers, which were rarities in laboratories ten years ago, are now found routinely in plant settings. By Ken Perrotta, Division Engineering Manager
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Automation Of A Homogeneous Proximity Assay For Detection Of Residual Protein A In Biological Therapeutics
Protein A is used in affinity chromatography for therapeutic antibody purification and has been shown to leach from columns during purification of antibodies resulting in contamination. Residual Protein A in therapeutic drugs could elicit mitogenic or immunological reactions in patients.
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An Automated Profiling Application For G9a Histone Methyltransferase And Bromodomain Proteins
Due to several findings, G9a and BET bromodomain proteins have become the target for numberous drug discovery projects. In this study, we describe a novel, cell-based assay platform that uses the robust, yet simple Enzyme Fragment Complementation (EFC) Technology.
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Automated Bioluminescent ADCC Reporter Bioassay Using Bioengineered Jurkat Cells
Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly exploring new biologic and biosimilar products, and thus increasing monoclonal antibody (mAb) immunotherapeutic research. By Tracy Worzella, Promega Corporation and Brad Larson, Applications Department, BioTek Instruments, Inc.
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ÄKTA avant™ is a preparative chromatography system designed for fast and secure development of scalable methods and processes.
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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.