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Intensified and Continuous Downstream Processing

Gain operational efficiency and flexibility while reducing footprint and costs

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Looking to increase your downstream process efficiency?

Transformation of the biomanufacturing workflow is being accelerated by the demand for new therapeutics combined with the need to reduce costs while ensuring operational flexibility and productivity.

Process intensification, closed, and continuous bioprocessing are foundational strategies for achieving these goals. They are widely and successfully deployed in the downstream suite to be more efficient, faster, smaller, less expensive, and sustainable.

To help biopharmaceutical manufacturers intensify, closing, digitally-enhance, or go fully continuous with their processes and gain new levels of operational efficiency and flexibility, there are multiple levers within the DSP suite.

Flow-Through Polishing Chromatography

Polishing chromatography occurs post viral inactivation of mAb downstream processing to remove any remaining impurities from the monoclonal antibody feed stream. In traditional batch processes, polishing steps comprise nearly 25% of the cost of production. Integrating individual polishing steps into a single, continuous flow-through process delivers increased efficiency and yields while reducing costs by up to 10%. This intensified approach lowers the overall footprint through the elimination of intermediate hold tanks, buffer consumption reduction, and the removal of product dilution steps.  Overhead costs such as operator intervention are further reduced by the integration of process control systems.

  •  Eshmuno® CP-FT Resin, designed to provide efficient removal of mAb aggregates in the flow-through frontal chromatography mode of operation enabling loading capacities 10× higher than traditional bind/elute CEX chromatography.
  • Natrix® Q Chromatography Membrane, a high capacity, high throughput strong anion exchange membrane adsorber designed to purify biomolecules in flow-through operating conditions.

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