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Plasmid DNA Vaccines Manufacturing

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Plasmid DNA Vaccines Process

Plasmid DNA (pDNA) is an important component of viral vector therapies. These circular DNA molecules can be used as the therapeutic transgene, to code for the viral capsid or as the vaccine itself. DNA vaccines have been approved for use in animals and have been developed against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. pDNA is also used as the starting material for mRNA vaccines.

pDNA manufacturing presents several challenges. Production suffers from low productivity of microbial fermentation. Additionally, the purification process is complicated by the fact that the bacterial lysate is highly viscous and contains contaminants with properties similar to pDNA, leading to low resolution separation. These challenges can be overcome with use of an end-to-end platform consisting of advanced single-use technologies.



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