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20,000 SF GMP Biologics Pilot Plant

Construction completed in 1997 for pilot manufacture of sugar nucleotides. Extensive renovations completed in 2003 adding large scale fermentation and enzyme production capabilities.

Multi Process and Product Facility

  • Recombinant Bacterial Production
  • Recombinant Fungal Production
  • Insect Cell Culture / Baculovirus Expression System (BEVS)
  • Chemical Synthesis / Protein Remodeling / Solvent Processing

Design Features

  • Microbial Fermentation Suite (Class 100,000)
    • 20L – 200L – 2,000L fermentation train
    • 2,000L harvest and hold vessels
    • Associated continuous centrifuges and homogenizer
    • Dedicated Class 10,000 purification suite
  • Fungal Fermentation / Cell Culture Suite (Class 100,000)
    • 20L – 200L – 2,000L fermentation / cell culture train
    • 2,000L harvest vessel
    • Associated continuous centrifuge
    • Dedicated Class 10,000 purification suite
  • Insect cell/BEVS Production Suite (Class 100,000)
    • 20L – 200L Disposable Bioreactor (Wave) systems
    • 100% Outside Air for organism containment
  • General Purpose Chemical Processing Suite (Class 100,000)
    • 100L – 4,000L processing vessels
    • Seven Chromatography Skids at various scales
    • Pilot scale TFF, Diafiltration, and RO skids
    • Two Class 10,000 rooms for purification
  • Chemical / Solvent Processing Room, Class I/Div. 2 (Class 100,000)
  • Central Media/Buffer Preparation Rooms
  • Central Process Network / Automation System
  • Central Cleaning Corridor
    • Large parts washer
    • Pass-through Autoclave
    • Portable tank CIP and SIP stations
  • Central CIP System and mobile CIP capabilities
  • Cold Storage Capabilities
    • Large, walk-in cold storage rooms (2 – 8 C)
    • Large, walk-in freezer (-20 C)
    • Central cryostorage system
  • Critical Utilities
    • USP Purified Water
    • Clean Steam
    • Compressed Air
    • HVAC
  • Process Waste Neutralization
  • Emergency / Back-up Generator

Validation and Equipment Status

  • Facility Environmental Baseline Established
    • HVAC qualified through IOQ
    • Routine monitoring on-going
  • Critical Utilities qualified through PQ
    • Routine monitoring on-going
  • Process equipment qualified through IOQ
    • Sterilization of equipment qualified through PQ (where applicable)
  • Central Process Network / Automation system qualified through IOQ, 21CFR11 compliant
  • Validation protocols maintained on-site
  • Equipment manuals and maintenance history records maintained on-site
  • Calibration records maintained on-site

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