The Downstream Corner

Trends, insights and expert tips from the biotech industry in general and downstream purification in particular.

Illnesses with approved monoclonal antibody therapies

As our understanding of diseases at the molecular level increases, so does the potential for monoclonal antibody (mAb) - related therapies. Platform approaches to mAb production, including...

Improve peptide purification for affordable insulin

The global diabetes pandemic has created a massive demand for insulin, especially in China, which is expected to soon have half the world’s diabetes patients. Meeting this demand means developing...

How to improve process efficiency and economy in peptide production

The purity requirements for therapeutic peptides are very stringent, but synthesis generates a crude peptide mixture containing failed sequences and chemical variants, while recombinant peptides have...

mAb Purification – an overview of the essentials

Five of the top ten best selling drugs in 2017 were mAbs and the global mAbs market is expected to reach USD 219 billion by the end of 2023. The mAbs entering the clinic today are highly engineered...

The promise and the price of the new biopharmaceuticals

The healthcare sector and developers of new pharmaceuticals are facing increasing challenges, along with pressure to lower costs. At the same time pharmaceutical development is undergoing a...

Optimizing mAb purification with next generation protein A resin

The market for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is constantly growing as mAb therapies are generally considered to be both safe and effective treatments for difficult diseases like cancer and rheumatoid...

Some general tips on protein purification strategy

Can you generalize about something as broad as protein purification strategy? Surely it depends on the protein and the situation in general? Well, yes, of course. But there are some general aspects...

Optimizing mAb purification using a guard column

What are the benefits of introducing multimodal ion exchange chromatography as a guard column and could they include a significant increase in mAb purity? This article presents a study in which two...

How to recognize an efficient protein A resin for mAbs

In short, an efficient protein A resin is one that will not only help you purify your monoclonal antibody (mAb), but also enable you to achieve good process economy. But what are the characteristics...

Three market changes that will impact the production of mAbs

In 2015, the monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) market was estimated to be USD 85,4 billion and predicted to reach approximately USD 130 billion in 2023[1]. However, new research points at a much higher...