1. Expanded bed adsorption in the purification of monoclonal antibodies: a comparison of process alternatives.
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Blank, G.S., Zapata, G., Fahrner, R., Milton, M., Yedinak, C., Knudsen, H., and Schmelzer, C.
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Expanded bed adsorption (EBA) was examined as the initial capture/purification step in the purification of monoclonal antibodies from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cultures. Two process alternatives each using EBA were compared to a conventional Protein A process without EBA. One alternative used Protein A affinity EBA followed by packed-bed cation and anion-exchange steps. The other alternative used cation-exchange EBA as the capture step followed by packed-bed Protein A and anion-exchange steps. The process using Protein A EBA produced comparable purity (host cell protein, DNA, Protein A, antibody aggregate) to the conventional process. However, the Protein A EBA column showed a significant decrease in dynamic capacity with a limited number of cycles. The process using cation EBA achieved comparable levels of host cell proteins (HCP) and DNA but not antibody aggregate or leached Protein A compared to the conventional process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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