Decreasing Therapeutic Protein Costs and Improving Process Safety
Chromatography is an essential part of the production of novel recombinant proteins, monoclonal and engineered antibodies, or viral vectors for gene therapy. Market pressure requires manufacturers to speed up development, simplify protein or viral vectors purification processes, and improve process economics. Consistent, scalable and validated purification platform solutions can fast track the purification process from R&D phases up to cGMP large-scale production.
There is a strong pressure to decrease therapeutic proteins market cost, and conventional capture chromatography, particularly Protein A chromatography media, can be a significant contributor to this cost. In addition, there is the cost and inconvenience of handling large buffer volumes and large processing hardware typically required for industrial scale protein production. Strategies to reduce cost and make more efficient use of the chromatography hardware and resin suggest running more but smaller batches ideally in a shorter timeframe. This can be achieved by using single-use, industrial chromatography equipment and resins, and/or processing chromatography in a continuous mode.
Chromatography performance can be dramatically increased and costs reduced with the right associated hardware and automation selected.
Continuous and/or single-use operation can be restricted to only the chromatography step or extended to the full process, from cell culture to final product, using stainless steel or single-use technologies. Pall’s integrated solutions allow you to select the best pathway for your process needs.