Thursday, October 13, 2022 Daily Archives

Designing a Plasmid DNA Downstream Purification Process

mRNA plasmid-based DNA vaccines, and advanced modalities using viral vectors, are at the forefront of the fight against cancer, cardiovascular, immunological, and infectious diseases. To reach their full potential and benefit as many patients as possible, however, workflows used for their manufacture must achieve greater efficiency. A critical step in the process is production of plasmid DNA (pDNA), which traditionally, delivers low yields and requires complex purification schemes. This new process development book provides you with guidance for your plasmid…

Innovations in Single-Use Technology Help Advance Downstream Processing

Biopharmaceutical manufacturers across the globe are trying to rapidly expand their production capacity to meet the growing demand for new therapies. A key challenge they face is to scale that expansion cost-effectively while protecting the quality and integrity of their production processes. One way they are achieving this growth is through expanded use of single-use systems (SUS). This informative new Avantor® Technical Article details several ways SUS technology can help improve throughput and productivity in key downstream processes that routinely…

US Gov removes WuXi Bio site from Unverified List

A China-based subsidiary of CDMO WuXi Biologics can again receive certain imported bioprocess equipment after being removed from the US Government’s Unverified List (UVL). Back in February, the US Commerce Department included two subsidiaries of WuXi Biologics based in Shanghai and Wuxi – among 33 Chinese companies – to the list, restricting their ability to import certain items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) from the US. At the time, the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) said the…

Univercells triples capacity with Nivelles plant completion

Univercells Technologies has completed a €2 million ($1.9 million) expansion of its Nivelles, Belgium site. Work began at the site in December 2020 and Univercells claims the expansion has doubled its overall footprint while tripling its manufacturing capacity at the plant. Furthermore, the firm says that the expansion has enabled it to provide customers with supply chain security “The first phase has provided a larger warehouse storage as well as the ISO 8 clean room space, greatly increasing capacity for…