Cell Culture Process Development Services

As a leader in the field of immunotherapy, Creative Biolabs has gained extensive experience developing mammalian and microbial production cell lines. The discovery experience, coupled with our advanced analytical capabilities, enables us to identify and select clones that meet your product's specific parameters and characteristics. After selecting the most appropriate clones, we optimize cell culture conditions to develop a high-productivity cell line tailored to your specific product quality targets and desired productivity level, which is designed for robust, scalable manufacturing.

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Cell Culture Development Services

With a powerful team of over 100 dedicated and skillful scientists and technicians, Creative Biolabs offers state-of-the-art cell culture development services that support the entire bioprocess, from early-stage discovery through to manufacturing, including clone screening, media optimization, and bioreactor process control. Our cell culture development platform is dedicated to maximizing the expression, enhancing process reproducibility, and facilitating the future scale-up process. To ensure our cell culture development is highly professional, we are equipped with a wide range of cell culture systems as well as advanced testing technologies.

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Fig.1 Schematic representation of cell culture techniques used as experimental models in research. 1

What We Can Offer

Creative Biolabs employs cutting-edge technology to maximize productivity and process efficiency, offering clients innovative solutions at every development stage. Each cell culture project is customized to meet specific productivity and quality goals, leveraging Creative Biolabs' deep understanding of process parameters. Creative Biolabs ensures smooth scale-up and regulatory compliance through advanced late-stage development strategies.

Advanced Technologies in Cell Culture Process Specificity and Optimization Late-stage Process Development and Scale-up
  • Precise process control: Regulation of dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, and nutrient levels.
  • Automation: Use of an auto-instrument for high-throughput chromatographic screening.
  • Scalable platforms: Applications of both wave and rocker-based bioreactors, seamless transition from bench-top models to bioreactors up to 2,000 L.
  • Media screening and adaptation: Optimization of nutrient profiles, osmolality, and byproducts.
  • Clone selection: Evaluation of growth rate, viability, and stability.
  • Optimized growth conditions: Temperature shifts, feed strategy, and environmental adjustments.
  • Tech transfer: Expertise in transferring processes from lab to manufacturing.
  • Process validation: Characterization studies to meet global regulatory standards.
  • Scalability: Process development from platforms to bioreactors up to 2,000 L.

Product Quality Optimization Solutions

Creative Biolabs offers a robust suite of solutions for optimizing product quality, ensuring that every biologic developed meets the highest regulatory and therapeutic standards. Our comprehensive approach focuses on both upstream and downstream strategies, with detailed attention to critical quality attributes (CQAs) that impact product efficacy, stability, and safety.

Aggregation Control

Ideal for monoclonal antibodies and fusion proteins prone to aggregation (CreStabTM Technology for Preventing Antibody Aggregation). Adjusts mixing conditions and temperature to maintain protein stability. Uses excipients to prevent aggregation during storage and formulation.

Charge Variant Control

Crucial for biosimilars and therapeutic proteins, where charge consistency is required. Applies ion-exchange chromatography for precise charge profiling. Ensures consistency across production batches to meet regulatory standards.

Glycosylation Optimization

Essential for glycoproteins, including mAbs and Fc-fusion proteins. Modifies media and feeds to achieve targeted glycan structures. Monitors glycosylation with Mass Spectrometry to enhance therapeutic efficacy.

Sialic Acid Content Optimization

Relevant for long-acting biologics and vaccines requiring extended half-life. Uses nutrient supplementation to boost sialylation levels. Enhances product stability and circulation time in vivo.

ADCC and CDC Activity Optimization

Tailored for antibodies targeting cancer and infectious diseases. Enhances Fc function through glycosylation modification. Confirms efficacy via functional assays measuring cytotoxic activity.

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Customized Cell Culture Media Process Development Service

Focused entirely on creating a proprietary, chemically defined media and feed system optimized for your specific clone's metabolism and target productivity/quality profile.

Applications of Cell Culture at Creative Biolabs

Creative Biolabs' cell culture technologies are applied across various fields in biologics development, including:

Tab.1 The Applications and Examples of Cell Culture-Based Technologies.

Application Description Example
Monoclonal Antibody Production Development and production of antibodies that target specific proteins or cells to treat diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders. An antibody targeting HER2-positive breast cancer cells has significantly improved patient outcomes.
Biosimilar Development Creation of biologics that are highly similar to already approved drugs, ensuring comparable efficacy and safety. A biosimilar version of an anti-HER2 antibody was developed to reduce the cost of HER2-positive cancer treatments.
Vaccine Production Production of viral vaccines using cell-based systems to grow viruses or viral proteins. The use of Vero cells for producing the polio vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines highlights the importance of cell-based vaccine manufacturing.
Gene Therapy Using cells to produce viral vectors or gene-editing components for delivering therapeutic genes to patients. CAR-T cell therapies, which involve modifying a patient's T-cells to target cancer, exemplify the role of gene therapy in personalized medicine.

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FAQs

How does a customized cell culture media process development service compare to using off-the-shelf media?

Off-the-shelf media is a quick start, but a customized, chemically defined medium (SFM) ensures the precise balance of nutrients your specific cell line needs, which is the only way to achieve peak productivity and target CQAs. Are you ready to see the true potential of your clone?

What is the biggest precaution we should take during process scale-up?

The key precaution is managing hydrodynamic equivalence. We rigorously test for and control shear stress, mixing time to ensure the cell environment in a 10,000 L tank is identical to the 2 L model. This prevents shear-induced cell death and maintains CQAs, a critical step often overlooked.

How to Contact Us

Each step in the upstream process impacts the quality, purity, and quantity of the manufactured protein. At Creative Biolabs, we have developed various mammal, bacterial, and yeast-based cell culture developments in the last decade, giving us the insight necessary to identify and optimize upstream parameters that are critical for achieving a high-quality, cost-effective biomanufacturing process. Please contact us for more information and a detailed quote.

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Reference

  1. Moro, Lincoln Gozzi et al. "A Brief History of Cell Culture: From Harrison to Organs-on-a-Chip." Cells vol. 13,24 2068. 15 Dec. 2024. Distributed under an Open Access license CC BY 4.0, without modification. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13242068
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