Cell harvesting is crucial to the cell therapy manufacturing process, bridging the gap between cells’ optimized growth environment and a final formulation that retains their potency and efficacy. The number of variables that impact harvesting, coupled with the complexities introduced by the unique CQAs of each cell therapy and the fragility of many emerging cell types, can result in a challenging balancing act that requires significant expertise to navigate.
Until the advent of single-use centrifugation, there was little choice for the primary clarification step within single-use bioprocesses. With the arrival of the single-use centrifuge, bioprocessing development engineers again have a choice in primary clarification technology.
Single-use equipment has become universally accepted and used for the manufacturing of clinical and licensed drug products. Download this whitepaper and learn more about the benefits of single-use technologies, and the important features to provide fast processing times, low-shear performance and high product recovery in a scalable platform.
In this case study we present data demonstrating the performance of a single-use centrifuge (CARR Biosystems’ UniFuge® family) in cell washing.
In biomanufacturing, clarification is the process of removing cells and cellular debris from the liquid contents of a bioreactor. Centrifugation is a popular choice in the biomanufacturing industry for use in primary clarification. Turbidity sampling is often used in biomanufacturing as a tool to measure the efficiency of a clarification process. Performance of the UFMini single-use centrifuge was evaluated for the clarification of CHO-S cells as measured by supernatant turbidity and cell viability.
The cell harvesting step is of utmost importance for cell therapy manufacturers. During this step, high cell viability and recovery are important to maximize yield. Single-use, low shear closed-system centrifuges enable safe and efficient cell therapy manufacturing through the efficient recovery of viable cells.
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