Getting Bioprocessing Up to Speed
Dana Cipriano, vice president of testing and analytical services, Discovery Labs, Center for Breakthrough Medicines:
“The key to increasing the efficiency of bioprocessing is developing robust platform processes with enhanced productivity and recovery that maintain safety and quality profiles. For cell and gene therapy products, it is extremely important to focus on early method development for characterization of efficacy and safety of the product. New technologies for enhanced analytics provide repeatable quality results, increasing the speed of process development. Process platforms should include fully-integrated automation solutions for continuous monitoring and characterization, increasing the right-first-time percentage. This must be further supported by robust supply-chain solutions with integrated testing to facilitate both raw materials and product release.”