BHK-21 Cell Bank Characterization

Biologically derived drugs have become a major part of the current pharmaceutical industry. Among the industrial cell lines used for producing approved biologics, the mammalian cell lines encompass 5% of them. And among these mammalian cell lines, BHK-21 cell line has found applications at large scale in veterinarian viral vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease and rabies virus, as well as heterologous protein production (Factor VIII).

Creative Bioarray has extensive experience in characterization of cGMP BHK-21 cell banks used in production of biologic drugs. Our BHK-21 cell line characterization allows you to efficiently streamline your cGMP-compliant manufacturing processes and accelerate toward successful commercialization. And our reporting fulfils FDA and EMA regulatory requirements for pharmaceuticals for human use (ICH guidelines Q5B and Q5D, CTD Quality module, section 3.2.S.2.3).

BHK-21 Cell Line Characterization Tests Available:

Cell Bank characterization is an essential step in ensuring the safety of biopharmaceutical products with the aim of confirming the identity, purity and genetic stability of cell lines. This characterization can ensure that the cell banks are free of contaminants and are able to provide a solid, stable foundation to continue production process years down the road. International regulatory guidelines such as ICH (Q5A, Q5B, Q5D), EP and USP for cell lines characterization mainly focus on four areas:

• The origin and history of the cell line cellular morphology and growth characteristics
• Purity of the cell lines (i.e., absence of contaminating cells, microbial contaminations, and contaminations by adventitious viruses)
• Tumorigenicity and oncogenicity
• Genetic Stability

Mammalian Cell Line Characterization- Recommended Testing Plan

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References

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