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Evaluating Surface Cleanliness Using a Risk-Based Approach
Evaluating Surface Cleanliness Using a Risk-Based Approach
Rinse sample analysis or visual inspection can be correlated to surface cleanliness to replace surface sampling.
By Elizabeth Rivera…
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Cleaning Protein A Resins with 1 M NaOH
The presence of cell culture nutrients in the harvest feed loaded on the capture column also exposes the protein A step to increased risk of microbial contamination. Historically, protein A resins hav…
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Understanding Validation and Technical Transfer, Part I
Understanding Validation and Technical Transfer, Part I
This is the first of a series of three articles about validation and technical transfer in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. Part 1 || Part 2 |…
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Single-use Bioreactors Have Reached the Big Time
The decision to use disposable bioreactors is now driven by commercial rather than technological considerations.
By Cynthia A. Challener
Single-use bioreactors available from various vendors…
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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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Cell-free Expression Systems Pose Cell Culture Alternative
Cell-free expression is promising in preclinical applications, but still presents challenges to scale up for commercial production.
Feliza Mirasol
Among the challenges in upstrea…
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A Plastic Pipeline for Commercial Bioprocessing?
A Plastic Pipeline for Commercial Bioprocessing?
The maturation of single-use technologies presents commercial bioprocessing options for small-volume drug products.
By Rita C. Peters
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How to Address Bioburden Challenges: Insights and Tips
Bioburden control is an area of serious concern for anyone making mAbs or other biologicals. Manufacturers’ efforts to avoid microbial contamination are today being complemented by developments from…
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Best Practices in Qualification of Single-Use Systems
The author discusses the current best practices in technical qualification of single-use systems.
By Weibing Ding, PhD
Single-use technology has been around for approximately two decades if …
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Biopharma Advances Demand Specialized Expertise
These challenges manifest in quality issues with the final container closure and may be related to microbial contamination, glass particulates, and foreign materials that lead to necessary market acti…