1. “Downstream Processing 2.0:
From a Bottleneck to a Pacemaker”
Platzhalter Bild
ACS Biot 2010
Dr. Uwe Gottschalk, VP Purification
Technologies, Sartorius Stedim Biotech
2. What are the hot Topics?
6th Annual Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing.
Eric S. Langer, BioPlan Associates Inc.
3. Finally there seems to be a Bottleneck ...
6th Annual Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing.
Eric S. Langer, BioPlan Associates Inc.
5. Who is facing Limitations?
“Obviously there is no downstream bottleneck
if you have unlimited cash”
– K. John Morrow, Jr., PhD., 2009
6. Agenda
1.Improving throughput –
1.Improving throughput –
The Capacity Disconnect
The Capacity Disconnect
2.Process Economy – Cost
2.Process Economy – Cost
of Goods matter
of Goods matter
3.Discovering new Shores -
3.Discovering new Shores -
Fortune favors the Brave
Fortune favors the Brave
4.Benchmarks of the Future
4.Benchmarks of the Future
– No best, just better
– No best, just better
5.The Future of DSP –
5.The Future of DSP –
Revisiting the Past
Revisiting the Past
Data adapted from: F. Wurm Production of recombinant Protein Therapeutics
in Cultivated Mammalian Cells. Nature Biotechnology 22, 1-6 (2004)
7. Hot Topic: High Titer Processes
Improving Titres – MAbs (Bulk API)
Titre Improvements 4 Bioreactors
800
Important cost benefits as
titres go beyond 1g/L 700 Estimate of CoG based on
These diminish as we go 600
standard MAb process for
beyond 5g/L bulk drug substance
500
COG ($/g)
400
Beyond 5g/L 300
Downstream cost dominates
In this example the plateau 200
is just under $100/g 100
0
Challenge in DSP 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Bioreactors decrease in size? Titre (g/L)
Cope with increased titres
2000L 5000L
Need to drive out costs
Implications for facility
design Results from Biopharm Services Generic MAb cost model
Bulk API Direct manufacturing costs
A universal cost model for single use systems in biomanufacturing.
Andrew Sinclair, BioPharm Services; Berlin Oct. 2007
8. DSP is Mass not Volume driven
Jim Davis, Lonza Economics of Monoclonal Antibody Production: The relationship between upstream titer and
downstream costs; IBC San Diego March 2008
11. Agenda
1.Improving throughput –
1.Improving throughput –
The Capacity Disconnect
The Capacity Disconnect
2.Process Economy – Cost of
2.Process Economy – Cost of
Goods matter
Goods matter
3.Discovering new Shores -
3.Discovering new Shores -
Fortune favors the Brave
Fortune favors the Brave
4. Benchmarks of the Future
4. Benchmarks of the Future
– No best, just better
– No best, just better
5.The Future of DSP –
5.The Future of DSP –
Revisiting the Past
Revisiting the Past
12. Challenges of a Modern Downstream Process
Technical challenge
Sensitive and technically demanding products require processes with inherent
complexity and expensive infrastructure
Need for robust & scalable processes for the entire DSP
Increasing regulatory scrutiny (Comparability!)
Financial challenge
Processes are fixed-cost driven (Investment vs Consumables)
Manufacturing costs 15 - 25% of sales price
Costs for DSP up to 75% of manufacturing costs
Cost Balance Benefit for innovative treatments
Biosimilars
18. Agenda
1.Improving throughput –
1.Improving throughput –
The Capacity Disconnect
The Capacity Disconnect
2.Process Economy – Cost
2.Process Economy – Cost
of Goods matter
of Goods matter
3.Discovering new Shores -
3.Discovering new Shores -
Fortune favors the Brave
Fortune favors the Brave
4.Benchmarks of the Future
4.Benchmarks of the Future
– No best, just better
– No best, just better
5.The Future of DSP –
5.The Future of DSP –
Revisiting the Past
Revisiting the Past
20. Downstream Processing 2010
“Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien”
(better is the enemy of good)
– Voltaire, 1772
“没有最好,只有更好”
(No best – only better)
– Chinese Movie Cliche
21. Companies are questioning current Standards
6th Annual Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing.
Eric S. Langer, BioPlan Associates Inc.
22. Off the Shelf Platform for Rapid Process Train Assembly
Cell Removal/
Cell Removal/ Intermediate
Intermediate Virus
Virus
Fermentation
Fermentation Capturing
Capturing Polishing
Polishing
Clarification
Clarification Purification
Purification Clearance
Clearance
Microorg. CEX HIC Size-Exclusion
Size-Exclusion
BHK X-FLow Mixed-Mode Ceramic HA AEX (B/E)
CHO
CHO Centrifuge
Centrifuge CEX Inactivation
Human Depthfilter
Depthfilter Protein A
Protein A Gelfiltration AEX (FT)
Hybridoma EBA AEX-Membrane
AEX-M Adsorption
CHO Centr./DF New Aprocess CEX
Protein AEX (FT) Orthogonal
New process train
train
New process train ready K. Konstantinov
Bayer Corp, USA
25. A Consensus – Value Chain in Bioseparation
High Titer Implications:
Increasing biomass and
contaminant levels
Protein A pool volumes
and step cost
DNA & HCP levels post
Capturing
Polishing load volumes
and conductivity
Pathogen clearance as a
moving target
26. Agenda
1.Improving throughput –
1.Improving throughput –
The Capacity Disconnect
The Capacity Disconnect
2.Process Economy – Cost
2.Process Economy – Cost
of Goods matter
of Goods matter
3.Discovering new Shores -
3.Discovering new Shores -
Fortune favors the Brave
Fortune favors the Brave
4.Benchmarks of the Future
4.Benchmarks of the Future
– No best, just better
– No best, just better
5.The Future of DSP –
5.The Future of DSP –
Revisiting the Past
Revisiting the Past
27. Biomass Removal and Early Contaminant Clearance
addresses:
Increasing biomass and
contaminant levels
DNA & HCP levels post
Capturing
• New generation of lenticular
filtration media
• No Diatomeaceous Earth;
Synthetic
• Cell removal, clarification &
early on contaminant removal
28. The Focus on Column Chromatography is increasing
6th Annual Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing.
Eric S. Langer, BioPlan Associates Inc.
29. Packed Bed Chromatography: The Good The Bad and The Ugly
John Curling and Uwe Gottschalk
BioPharm Intl. October 2007
U. Gottschalk. Bioseparation in antibody manufacturing:
The good, the bad and the ugly.
Biotechnol Prog. 2008 May-Jun;24(3):496-503.
32. Hot Topic: Cost of Capturing
6th Annual Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing.
Eric S. Langer, BioPlan Associates Inc.
33. addresses:
Protein A pool volumes
and step cost
D. Low BioManufacturing Paris 2007
34. Two Birds –one Stone: Contaminant Precipitation
at Pfizer addresses:
Protein A pool volumes
and step cost
DNA & HCP levels post
Capturing
35. Three Birds – one Stone: Contaminant Precipitation at Medarex
addresses:
Fig 7a. precipitation based process Fig 7b. TFF based process
Contaminant Protein A pool volumes
TFF
precipitation and step cost
DNA & HCP levels post
CEX HCP < 10ng/mg Capturing < 1000 ng/mg
CEX HCP
Dilution Polishing load volumes
Dilution
and conductivity
Q Membrane Q Membrane HCP < 1000 ng/mg
HCP BDL 2 g/ml
20 g/ml
Dilution
VF
Mix Mode
Precipitation of Process-Derived Impurities in Non-Protein A VF
Purification Schemes for MAb; J. Wang et al. BioPharm Intl. 10/2009, 2-9
36. Hot Topic: Polishing load volume/conductivity
addresses:
Polishing load volumes
and conductivity
• Salt Tolerant Interaction
Chromatography (STIC)
• New cellulose-based
membrane structure
• Primary instead of
quartenary amine ligand
37. Results so far achieved:
No CHOP-breakthrough at 10 kg MAb/ L of membrane
> 4.96 LRV for MMV at 150m mM NaCl.
38. Downstream Costs: Why bother?
Jim Davis, Lonza Economics of Monoclonal Antibody Production: The relationship between upstream titer and
downstream costs; IBC San Diego March 2008
39. Will Protein A Capturing ever be Single-Use?
2000: Oleosin Platform 2005: TMV Nanoparticles 2010: Bio Polyester Platform
Polyester
Synthase
Polyester Granule
Immunoabsorbent nanoparticles based on a 100-300 nm
tobacco mosaic virus displaying protein A
Limitation: Oleosin yields < 1kg/ha S. Werner et al. PNAS 103, 17678 - 17683
Grage, K. and Rehm, B.H.A. (2008)
Bioconj. Chemistry, 19(1):254-62.
43. The problem: Virus filters shows low Vmax and Flow Rate for blocking Feed Streams
Vmax 200 – 1000 L/m²
50 -100 L/m2.h.bar
low or moderatly blocking
e.g. MAb
Vmax <100 L/m²
Vmax2
5 - 30 L/m2.h.bar
highly blocking
e.g. IVIG, Enbrel
44. Agenda
1.Improving throughput –
1.Improving throughput –
The Capacity Disconnect
The Capacity Disconnect
2.Process Economy – Cost
2.Process Economy – Cost
of Goods matter
of Goods matter
3.Discovering new Shores -
3.Discovering new Shores -
Fortune favors the Brave
Fortune favors the Brave
4.Benchmarks of the Future
4.Benchmarks of the Future
– No best, just better
– No best, just better
5.The Future of DSP –
5.The Future of DSP –
Revisiting the Past
Revisiting the Past
45. The Renaissance of Protein Purification
Michelangelo de Lodovico Buonarotti
46. Old Enabling Technology: Boring but Reliable
• Centrifugation
• Extraction
• Precipitation
• Filtration
• Crystallization
• UV-Inactivation
47. Downstream Processing 2010+
“The real voyage of discovery consists not
in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust.