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Automated In-Line Buffer Preparation from Ready-Made Stock Solutions in a mAb Process Step
Buffer preparation is both time-and space-consuming and can easily become a challenge in biomanufacturing. This application note describes a lean approach to buffer preparation by implementing in-li…
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Being Thorough When Transferring Technology
Communication and taking the time to develop the process are key to successful transfer and scale up of biologics.
By Susan Haigney
Editor's note: The following is an extended version of the…
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Speed and Flexibility Are Dual Goals for Biopharma Operations
Bioprocessing facilities, equipment, and materials, as well as strategies to improve biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing, were featured at INTERPHEX 2017, held in March in New York City.…
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Cost Considerations Drive Lean Technology in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
By Catherine Shaffer
Four biosimilars have been approved for the market by FDA as of February 2017, and more are in the pipeline. Now that biosimilars are here to stay, manufacturers are devel…
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Ensuring the Biological Integrity of Raw Materials
By Catherine Shaffer
Contamination with microbes, mycoplasma, viruses, and other adventitious agents can be a significant problem in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Although contamination can o…
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Improving Process-Scale Chromatography
“Initially, many people in the industry expected disposables to be less environmentally sound than traditional technologies, but our studies have revealed the opposite,” she observes. Most notably, si…
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Scale-up and process economy calculations of a dAb purification process using ready-to-use products
Purification of a domain antibody (dAb) in a chromatography capture step was successfully scaled from laboratory to pilot scale using ready-to-use equipment and ready-made buffers. The scaled-up pro…
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Design and Qualification of Single-Use Systems
The author provides a review of the concepts of design and qualification that apply to single-use systems.
By Jerold M. Martin
Single-use technologies (SUT) have made significant inroads in …
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Managing Biomanufacturing Capacity Expectations
Capacity for complex therapeutics is becoming increasingly difficult to predict.
By Randi Hernandez
Demand for any given new product is typically only known after significant investments h…
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Lessons Learned Accelerate Vaccine Development
Collaboration and single-use technologies aided the rapid scale-up of Ebola vaccine manufacturing.
By Cynthia A. Challener
Vaccine development is a complicated process that can take many yea…