DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING FEATURED ARTICLES
Rockland Immunochemicals Inc., a biotechnology company focusing on antibodies and antibody based tools for basic research, assay development, and preclinical studies, recently announced the acquisition of the TrueBlot IP/Western blot product line from eBioscience, Inc., an Affymetrix company.
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International Stem Cell Corporation Announces Positive Results From In Vivo Animal Study Of Parkinson's Disease
International Stem Cell Corporation (
OTCQB : ISCO) (www.internationalstemcell.com) ("ISCO" or "the Company") a California-based biotechnology company, today announced positive 12-week results from its pre-clinical in vivo Parkinson's disease study. -
![harvey-cantor]( "New Strategy Prevents Rheumatoid Arthritis In Mice")
New Strategy Prevents Rheumatoid Arthritis In MiceDana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have demonstrated a new strategy for treating autoimmune disease that successfully blocked the development of rheumatoid arthritis in a mouse model.
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Saint-Gobain's New C-Flex® ULTRA Pump Tubing For Biopharmaceutical Applications Outperforms The Competition
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has expanded its line of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) tubing with the addition of new C-Flex® ULTRA pump tubing, a product designed specifically to perform in demanding biopharmaceutical applications such as pumping, single-use assemblies, process filling and sampling.
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
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Efficiencies Of Natural Convection In Passive Pallet Shippers
Bulk transportation of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals and biologics has become a common practice due to complex global supply chains. By Iftekhar Ahmed, Ben VanderPlas, and Stu Krupnick
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![Bill whitford]( "Continuous Biomanufacturing: 10 Reasons Sponsors Hesitate")
Continuous Biomanufacturing: 10 Reasons Sponsors HesitateThe 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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![Determination Of kLa Values Of Single-Use Bioreactors]( "Determination Of kLa Values Of Single-Use Bioreactors")
Determination Of kLa Values Of Single-Use BioreactorsBecause single use bioreactors offered by manufacturers vary in parameters critical for oxygen transfer, they are often not comparable to each other and to conventional glass and stainless steel vessels.
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Optimized Sterile Filtration of Pharmaceutical Solutions
The cost of filtration and separation stages within the production of pharmaceuticals has been increasing along with the increased complexity of final drug products.
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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
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![DebottleneckingCartoon]( "Biomanufacturing Debottlenecking And Process Optimization")
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
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING PRODUCTS
Capto L is an affinity chromatography medium for the process-scale capture of a broad range of antibodies and antibody fragments.
Cytiva provides filtration solutions and support for integrated bioprocessing applications at every step and every scale of the drug development, validation and manufacturing process.
Magnosphere™ is a superparamagnetic particle for in vitro diagnostics and bio research applications.
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.