Bioprocessing Industry

Gene Therapies

Deliver assurance and maintain consistency throughout your viral vector production.

The Use of Stable Producer HEK293 Cell Lines for Viral Vector Manufacturing

Gene and cell therapy workflows frequently utilize stable producer HEK293/293T cells in the production of viral vectors and are an example of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs).

Compared to transient transfection methodologies, stable producer lines can provide a more scalable, higher titer production method, provide improved batch-to-batch consistency and also act as a source for “the material for sequencing” as described in FDA draft guidelines1.

Seeding and Evidence of Clonality

As part of its guidance2, FDA recommends using assurance of clonality and avoidance of animal-derived reagents as part of production quality control for viral vector production workflows.

Accelerate your workflow

Our Solentim Ecosystem of cell line development products helps you accelerate your workflow and comply with FDA guidance by:

Improve Yields with Osmolality

We understand consistency is critical throughout gene therapy vector production for therapeutics, including viral vector delivery and gene editing. Small deviations in the composition of cell growth media can have unwanted effects on cell density, cell composition, and virus yield.

Osmolality can help you meet these goals, as well as:

  • Optimize the physiological range for transfection complexes.
  • Identify and monitor media needs.
  • Determine the effects of osmotic pressure on the stability of viral vectors.

Improve Genomic and NGS Assay Success Rates and Boost Productivity

With viscous master mixes, volatile solvents, and critical small volume reagent additions, we know assays can be time consuming to automate. Whether you’re part of a discovery or diagnostics program, next generation sequencing (NGS) and qPCR assays are increasingly utilized for critical decision making.

No more waiting 

Verifying volume transfers and testing different mixing conditions quickly and efficiently is critical. No more waiting until your assays are complete, it’s now possible to assess volume transfer and mixing at every step of the workflow. 

Gene Therapy Solutions

Our bioprocessing instruments and reagents come together to support you at key phases of your gene therapy workflow.

References:

  1. Human Gene Therapy Products Incorporating Human Genome Editing; Draft Guidance for Industry, March 2022. FDA. https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-05538
  2. Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control (CMC) Information for Human Gene Therapy Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs); Guidance for Industry, January 2020,  FDA. https://www.fda.gov/media/113760/download.

 

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