PER.C6 platform achieves highest ever yield
The PER.C6 cell culture-based antibody production platform has achieved a new record yield of 27 grams of IgG antibody per litre, bettering the 15 gram per litre mark that was reported earlier in the year.
Archives for June 17, 2008
Bayer sets up tobacco plant drug production facility
Germany's Bayer hopes that its pilot-scale production facility in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt will help establish its tobacco plant-based expression system as leader of the lucrative protein manufacturing sector.
Cautious biotech investors stifle R&D
Serious concerns over the future of drug development have been raised by the annual biotechnology report from Marks & Clerk.