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Rigorous and Comprehensive Analytics to Support Biologics Discovery and Development

Bioanalytical testing is a critical component to all successful drug discovery and development programs. IND-enabling studies require that biotherapeutic proteins, or biologics, undergo rigorous testing to increase the likelihood of being developed into drug products. Using a set of biochemical and biophysical assays, the purity, structural integrity, and chemical stability of potential biotherapeutics are established and used to determine the candidates with favorable profiles to advance or redesign. Aragen Analytics capabilities include CE-SDS, cIEF, SEC-HPLC/MALS, LC/MS, DLS/SLS, LAL, HIC, HILIC, and SPR/BLI.

Early Analytics for selection of Clones:

Incorporation of analytics at an early stage of cell line development accelerates right clone selection, leading to a significant reduction of the project timelines and resource requirements. Employing cIEF to eliminate the undesired basic peak clone (clone A) that do not overlay with the innovator.

Protein AnalyticsQuality AttributePlatform
Protein concentration by A280QuantityUV-Vis
A280, A320, AppearanceGeneral- Appearance, Trubidity
Free-thiol by Ellman’s assayPrimary Structure – Free thiol
Enzyme kinetics (kcat,kcat/KM)Potency
N-Glycan profiling by CEPrimary Structure – PTMsSCIEX PA 800 Plus
Charge variants by clEFPurity – Charge variants
Charge variants by CZEPurity – Charge variants
Size variants (fragments) by CE-SDSPurity – Size variants

  

Protein AnalyticsQuality AttributePlatform
Slab gel IEFPurity—Charge variantsGel Electrophoresis
SDS-PAGE (non-reduced and
reduced)
Purity —Size variants Identity
Western blotIdentity
Binding kinetics (kon,koff, KO)Potency, IdentityBioLayer
Interferometry
(BLI) ForteBio
Octet RED
or
Surface Plasmon
Resonance (SPR)
Biacore
Molecular
Decices
SpectraMax
FcR and C10, bindingHalf-life, Safety
Protein concentration,
antigen binding titer
Quantity
Epitope binningEpitope characterization
Functional blockingPotency Identity
Yes/No bindingIdentity
Binding ELISAPotency
HCP ELISA (Cygnus)Safety
Residual Protein A/G/L by ELISASafety
Endotoxin by Limulus
Amebocyte Lysate (LAL)
SafetyCharles River
EndoSafe
Culturing
Bioburden, Sterility TestSafety