Analytical Development

MABION offers analytical development services integrated as part of a comprehensive development and manufacturing program, but also as standalone services.
  
Services offered
     
    •    Development of analytical methods for release
    •    Development and execution of characterization methods
    •    Extended characterization of reference material
    •    Comparability studies
    •    Purification and characterization of minor species (isomers, impurities
         and degradants)
    •    In-process support during process development
    •    Validation of any analyttical method, incl. bioassays

Analytical Methods
      
    Purity
      
    •    SDS-PAGE (CS and SS)
    •    IEF
    •    Densitometry
    •    Ion-exchange HPLC
    •    Size-exclusion HPLC
    •    Reversed-phase or hydrophobic interaction HPLC
    •    Host cell protein (HCP) ELISA
    •    Residual DNA, the most sensitive - fluorescence based method
    •    Endotoxin
      
    Primary Structure
     
    •    Western blot
    •    ELISA
    •    Peptide mapping for detailed primary sequence analysis by LC-MS/MS
    •    Characterization of post-translational modifications by LC-MS/MS
      
        Carbohydrate Analysis 
    
    •    Monosaccharide composition analysis
    •    Detailed glycan structural analysis by ESI-MS/MS
      
    Functional Assays
      
    •    Cell-based bioassays, incl. CDC, ADCC, apoptosis, proliferation
    •    Binding ELISA
    •    Binding flow cytometry, quantitative
    •    Fc dependent functions ELISA


    Protein Mass

    •    High-resolution intact protein mass measurement by LC-ESI-MS
     
    Conformational Analysis
     
    •    Circular dichroism (CD)
    •    Fluorescence
     
     Aggregation Analysis

    •    Size-exclusion chromatography FPLC, HPLC       
     
    Physical Properties
    
    •    pH
    •    Conductivity  
      
   Process Residuals
    
    •    HPLC, ELISA, or LC-MS/MS, including surfactants, methotrexate
    •    Protein A
    •    Host cell protein (HCP)
    •    Residual DNA
    •    Endotoxin
    •    Particles