Working on CDMO for Macromolecular Target Drugs
As a team focusing on analysis, whether the method develops from client transfer or internal need, we always manage the method by following the principle of life cycle management of the analysis method.
◆ Structure characterization
Primary structure, high-order structure, mass spectrometry (intact/reduced/sub-unit/desugarization), composition of amino acid, N/C terminal amino acid sequences or full sequence analysis, enzymatic hydrolytic peptide map (for antibodies, CDR identification is required), peptide segment coverage, peptide mass fingerprint, and free sulfhydryl;
Glycosylation modification (mainly N-glycosylation modification): including modification site, sugar chains structure, glycoform, sialic acid content, etc.;
Other post-translation modification: N-terminal/C-terminal heterogeneity, oxidation, deamidization, pyroglutamic acid cyclization, aspartate isomerization, saccharification, etc.;
◆ Activity analysis
Fab activity: proliferation inhibition method, neutralization method, reporter gene method, and other in vitro cellular biological activity detection;
Fc activity: ADCC, CDC and ADCP testing, etc;
◆ Physical and chemical analysis:
Physical and chemical analysis of the preparation: appearance, pH, osmolarity, color and clarity.
Purity analysis: reduced/non-reduced CE purity, CZE charge heterogeneity, iCIEF charge heterogeneity;
Content analysis: protein content analysis, CE-LIF glycoside content analysis;
Product identification: ultraviolet spectrum, infrared spectrum, and fluorescence spectrum, etc.;
◆ Process residues analysis: residue analysis of additive during process;
◆ Safety: microbial limit, sterility test, mycoplasma test, etc.