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5 - Downstream processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2009

Terence Cartwright
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TCS Biologicals Ltd, Buckingham
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All of the procedures and methods discussed so far concern how animal cells can be grown in quantity and engineered to synthesize the maximum possible amounts of protein product required from them. In this section we turn to the methodologies applied to the recovery of the protein product from the cell cultures and to turning it into an acceptable pharmaceutical dosage form. The whole of this operation is known as downstream processing (DSP).

The inclusion of a section on downstream processing in a discussion of animal cells as bioreactors is fully justified for several reasons. First, it is usually the effectiveness of the downstream processing which determines the economic viability of the process since it accounts for at least 70–80% of the overall costs. Second, downstream processing plays a determinant role in assuring the safety of products derived from animal cells. Finally, the success of the overall production process depends to a large extent on the successful integration of the expression system used, the cell culture system used and the processing methods applied to produce the finished product.

Although they may not always be easy to define, interactions exist between all of these stages, and early evaluation of these greatly facilitates successful process design. Too frequently in the past biotechnology companies have developed new cell systems for producing original products and have then adapted standard purification schemes to suit. How ever, there are potentially great savings in time and cost if process design is performed in an integrated manner, for instance, taking into account before the cell culture system is finalized the impact of medium composition or possible cell lysis on the quality of the product stream going for purification.

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Print publication year: 1994

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  • Downstream processing
  • Terence Cartwright, TCS Biologicals Ltd, Buckingham
  • Book: Animal Cells as Bioreactors
  • Online publication: 12 October 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511565069.005
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  • Terence Cartwright, TCS Biologicals Ltd, Buckingham
  • Book: Animal Cells as Bioreactors
  • Online publication: 12 October 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511565069.005
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  • Downstream processing
  • Terence Cartwright, TCS Biologicals Ltd, Buckingham
  • Book: Animal Cells as Bioreactors
  • Online publication: 12 October 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511565069.005
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