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Cell Line Development

Cell Line Development

To obtain the best results for a wide range of cell culture products, Bioworkshops is agnostic when it comes to expression system. We cooperate with many leading cell line development suppliers as well as offering multiple CHO-based expression platforms of our own. Our cell culture leaders will evaluate key indicators of the product to recommend the best cell line construction plan and screening process. Starting from target molecule, DNA or antibody sequence we provide all the services from the vector construction to the screening of stable and high-expressing cell lines that meet the required protein quality for reliable commercial production.

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Cell Line project deliverables

  • Vector construction

  • Cell transfection

  • Cell pool/ Minipool screening

  • Single clone screening

  • RCB cell banking

  • RCB stability study

  • Fully documented history for registration dossier

  • Mammalian transient protein expression services

CLD case study

Cell line development is the first step in chemical manufacturing and control (CMC) stage and the basis of process development, which determines quality of final products. Compared with those of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), Cell line development workload of bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) is larger while development period is longer. How to get a balance between expression level of cell lines, product quality and development time is a challenge that must be faced in developments of bsAbs cell lines. Bioworkshops delivered cell line development projects including mAbs, bsAbs (symmetric + asymmetric), fusion protein and so on with robust process, high expression, scalability and good cell line stability. These projects entered subsequent CMC development stage and clinical research applications that have been successfully approved in the United States, Australia and China. In addition, Bioworkshops can get involved in discovery stage of the partner as well, using professional CMC platform to help screen candidate molecules, shorten the development period, reduce risks in the CMC stage of projects, and push molecules into clinical practice rapidly with robust technology and efficient production.


Optimized processes for mAb and bsAb cell line development

300-1,200 candidates screened in mini-pool phase

150-600 candidates in single clone screening

Guarantee product quality with better expression 

Lower product-related impurities

Two host cell systems with clear traceability: ATCC CHO-K11 and Merk CHOZN-K1

Cell line developed following QbD approach

GMP cell banking service

Delivery of best clones can be within 4 months of receiving target sequency

1ATCC® CCL-61 (CHO-K1): The ATCC trademark and trade name and any and all ATCC catalogue numbers are trademarks of the American Type Culture Collection

CHO expression systems with proven scalability

At least 2 top clones guaranteed to exceed 60 PDL for gene copy number, expression level and product quality

Cell Line development process

Step 1

~3 weeks

Vector construction

Select suitable vector

Codon optimization

Gene synthesis

Plasmid construction

Target sequence sequencing

Step 2

~6 weeks

Cell transfection and cell pool/ Minipool screening

Select suitable transfection conditions

Monitor growth and expression 48h after transfection

Cell pool/ Minipool preparation

Top pool/ fed-batch (FB) cell performance assay

Top pool/ Minipool quality analysis

Step 3

7~8 weeks

Single clone screening

Top pool/ Minipool single clone preparation

Clone images

Top single clone Fed batch cell performance assay

Single clone quality analysis

Step 4

13~14weeks

RCB banking and stability study

Top 3 RCB Cell Banking (30 vials)

RCB mycoplasma test

60 PDL stability study

FB evaluation every 15~20 PDL

Quality inspection of samples at the start and end points

Quality inspection of samples at the start and end points (Copy number and target gene sequencing)

Advantages

  • Host cell with clear origin

  • Stable

  • Scalable

  • High-productivity

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