Process development

Upstream

  • Screening of production cell clones
  • High-density cell banking
  • Process establishment of fed-batch processes
  • Screening and selection of media and feeds
  • Media and feeding strategy optimization
  • Process parameters optimization
  • Quality attribute modulation
  • Process scale-up
  • Reliable technology transfer, verification, and optimization
  • Supply of material for every development and production stage Establishment and qualification of down-scale models to support process characterization and process validation

Downstream

  • Development of purification processes including chromatography, tangential flow filtration (TFF), virus filtration steps
  • Optimization of individual purification steps
  • Development of virus removal strategy and conditions
  • Downstream process scale-up
  • Reliable technology transfer, verification and optimization
  • Process validation activities including scale-down model qualification, resin lifespan study, process characterization

Formulation

  • Design and execution of formulation development strategies for complex biopharmaceutical formulations
  • Conducting of accelerated and stress studies to identify suitable formulations under process related stress and to understand the physical and chemical degradation pathway
  • Identification of excipients and optimal conditions to maintain protein properties and long-term product stability
  • Comprehensive analytical physicochemical characterization of formulations