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processing of biopharmaceuticals
Wim Jiskoot
Division of Drug Delivery Technology
Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research (LACDR)
Leiden University
The Netherlands
Learning outcomes
Prokaryotic
Bacteria
Eukaryotic
Yeast
Insect cells
Mammalian cells
Plant cells
Transgenic animals and plants
Retrovirus No No Possible
Pyrogen Possible No No
Other sources
ATryn recombinant
human antithrombin from
transgenic goat milk
Transgenic
animals Approved
and plants
Locteron recombinant
human interferon-alfa from
Lemna (duckweed)
cooling
water
baffle
Temperature
probe pH probe
controller oxygen probe
cooling controller
water
sterile air
sparger harvest
Schematic representation
of an air-lift bioreactor
draft tube
air
Schematic representation
of a fixed-bed bioreactor
gas exchanger
pump
.
Schematic representation of a
hollow-fibre perfusion bioreactor
inoculation port water jacket product
nutrients product
nutrient
cells in
annular
space lumen
inner membrane
outer membrane
.
Major components of growth media for
mammalian cell cultures
Type of nutrient Example(s)
Concentration
Capture/initial purification
Intermediate purification
Final purification
Sterilization/formulation
Frequently used separation
processes and their physical basis
Separation technique Mode/principle Separation based on
Ion-exchange Charge
Chromatography Gel filtration Size
Affinity Specific ligand-substrate interaction
Hydrophobic interaction Hydrophobicity
Adsorption Covalent/noncovalent binding
Gel filtration chromatography
OD
Flow
Time
Detector
OD, optical density
Ion-exchange chromatography
Anion exchanger
Cation exchanger
Methods for reducing and
inactivating viral contaminants
Category Type Example
Radiation UV light
Dehydration Lyophilization
Filtration Ultrafiltration
Precipitation Cryoprecipitation
.
Production flowsheet of a
recombinant interferon
Cell culture fluid Hydrophobic
Removal of remaining
interaction proteins
Removal of cells, cell chromatography
Centrifugation
debris and virus
DF Concentration of cell-free UF/DF Concentration and
supernatant medium change
A Virus inactivation