Next Week BPI West in San Francisco – Don’t miss Exciting Talks and Activities!

March 16, 2018 • Written by Brandy Sargent

BPI West 2018 begins March 20th in San Francisco. The conference is focused on providing companies the opportunity to share ideas, strategies, and solutions to overcome challenges at every stage of development. Cell Culture Dish/Downstream Column will be attending and blogging from the event. Please don’t miss our BPI West related blogs over the next month.

An exciting offer for our readers:

Get your Exhibit Hall Pass to BioProcess International West 2018 Meet the global CMOs, CROs, suppliers and technology leaders who can accelerate your product to market by getting a pass to BPI West’s exhibit hall, open March 20-21 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel. Passes start at $75/day, but readers of The Dish can save an extra 20% when you register with VIP code DISH20 online at https://lifesciences.knect365.com/bpi-west/exhibit-hall-pass by this Thursday, March 15. If you are attending, don’t miss these exciting talks and activities! Interesting Talks in Each Track. Here are some examples:

Key Conference Presentations

Process Development and Manufacturing of Autologous Cell Therapy Products Vijay Chiruvolu, Ph.D., VP, Process Science and Engineering, Kite Pharmaceuticals Accelerating Development and Innovation: Advances & Challenges in Vaccine Development Tony D’Amore, Ph.D., Vice President, Sanofi Application of Frontier Science – Lessons from Implementation of Next Generation Manufacturing at Amgen’s Singapore Facility Christopher Crowell, Ph.D., Executive Director, Global Operations, Amgen Inc. Redefining Competition – Thinking about our Industry in a Revolutionary Way Kimball Hall, Senior Vice President and Head of Drug Substance Manufacturing, Pharma Technical Operations, Genentech, Inc. Post Approval Changes in Biotechnology Products: Navigate through Regulatory Requirements Arulvathani Arudchandran, Ph.D., Product Quality Reviewer, Microbiologist, FDA-CDER California Life Sciences State of the Industry 2018: A Look at the Trends and Influences Driving the Life Sciences Industry In California for 2018 And Beyond Sara Radcliffe, President and CEO, California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) Achieving Efficiency through a Comprehensive Approach to Facility, Organization and Process Design Jason Bock, Ph.D., Vice President, Biologics CMC, Teva Pharmaceuticals

Scientific Presentations Track:

Tuesday

Producing More With Less – A Look at Total Cost of Ownership Using a Articlesized Approach to Single-Use Technology Implementation Sara Bell, Senior Marketing Manager, Single-Use Technologies, MilliporeSigma Implications of Choosing the Right Cell Engineering Technology on Early Stage Process Development Joseph Abad, Field Application Scientist, MaxCyte Expertise in Vaccine Process Development Leads to Successful Clinical Trials David E. Clements, MD, Director of Vaccine Research, Hawaii Biotech

Wednesday

On Demand Nutrient Feed During Automated Cell Culture Process – Integrating an Eppendorf Bioprocess Controller, with the Flownamics Seg-Flow and the Roche CustomBiotech Cedex Bio HT Analyzer Robert Berish, Scientist, Zoetis A Molecule’s Journey – Breaking Down Roadblocks to Commercial Success Guillaume Plane, Global Development and Marketing Manager, MilliporeSigma Saturn™ and FlexFactory™: Transforming an Existing Facility to Multi-Product Ballroom Thomas Page, Ph.D., Vice President, Engineering and Asset Development, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

Technology Workshops:

Tuesday

Process Characterization – A Road Map to Enhance Process Understanding Eliza Yeung, Ph.D., Associate Director of Process Characterization, Cytovance Biologics Start with the End in Mind: New Solutions for High Capacity mAb Capture and Efficient Transition to GMP Environment Avril Vermunt, Bioprocess Hardware Specialist, GE Healthcare Laboratory Data to Machine Learning in 30 Seconds Tim Gardner, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Riffyn High Throughput BLI Potency Assay for Screening of Product Degradation by Industrial Cleaning Solutions Jonathan Crane, Ph.D., Senior Development Scientist, AGC Biologics

Wednesday

Scaling up? No Problem with New 80cm Diameter Pre-packed OPUS Columns Fletcher Malcolm, Director, Product Manager, Repligen A New Media Panel that Unlocks Your Cells’ Potential Jenny Bang, Manager, Research and Development, Irvine Scientific Pinpoint your Key Parameters for a Successful Perfusion Process Helena Öhrvik, Ph.D., Scientist, R&D Bioprocess, GE Healthcare

Cell Culture Dish and Downstream Column Sponsor Activities:

BD Biosciences – Booth 613

Beckman Coulter – Booth 700

Eppendorf – Booth 500

Talk: Wednesday 11:30-12:00 On Demand Nutrient Feed During Automated Cell Culture Process – Integrating an Eppendorf Bioprocess Controller, with the Flownamics Seg-Flow and the Roche CustomBiotech Cedex Bio HT Analyzer Robert Berish, Scientist, Zoetis

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies  – Booth 507

Talk: Wednesday 11:30-12:00 Saturn™ and FlexFactory™: Transforming an Existing Facility to Multi-Product Ballroom Thomas Page, Ph.D., Vice President, Engineering and Asset Development, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

GE Healthcare Life Sciences – Booth 307

Talks: Tuesday 11:00-11:30 Expertise in Vaccine Process Development Leads to Successful Clinical Trials David E. Clements, MD, Director of Vaccine Research, Hawaii Biotech 2:50-3:20 Start with the End in Mind: New Solutions for High Capacity mAb Capture and Efficient Transition to GMP Environment Avril Vermunt, Bioprocess Hardware Specialist, GE Healthcare Wednesday 11:30-12:00 Saturn™ and FlexFactory™: Transforming an Existing Facility to Multi-Product Ballroom Thomas Page, Ph.D., Vice President, Engineering and Asset Development, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies 2:25-2:55 Pinpoint your Key Parameters for a Successful Perfusion Process Helena Öhrvik, Ph.D., Scientist, R&D Bioprocess, GE Healthcare For more information on product showcases, please see – BPI Flyer

Irvine Scientific  – Booth 406

Talk: Wednesday 2:25-2:55 A New Media Panel that Unlocks Your Cells’ Potential Jenny Bang, Manager, Research and Development, Irvine Scientific

JSR Life Sciences  – Booth 509

Kaneka – Booth 815

MaxCyte  – Booth 413

Talk: Tuesday 11:00-11:30 Implications of Choosing the Right Cell Engineering Technology on Early Stage Process Development Joseph Abad, Field Application Scientist, MaxCyte Poster: Maximizing Productivity and Data Relevance with a Scalable, Non-viral Cell Engineering Technology

MilliporeSigma – Booth 501

Talks: Monday 4:30-5:00 High Cell Density Cryopreservation for Upstream Process Intensification Using Frozen Seed Train Intermediates Mona Bausch, Scientist, MilliporeSigma Tuesday 11:00-11:30 Producing More With Less – A Look at Total Cost of Ownership Using a Articlesized Approach to Single-Use Technology Implementation Sara Bell, Senior Marketing Manager, Single-Use Technologies, MilliporeSigma Wednesday 11:30-12:00 A Molecule’s Journey – Breaking Down Roadblocks to Commercial Success Guillaume Plane, Global Development and Marketing Manager, MilliporeSigma Thursday 11:15-11:45 Feedback on Single-Use Manufacturing and a New Approach for Scale Transfer Christophe Martin, USP Production Manager, MilliporeSigma

Pall Life Sciences – Booth 601 & 800

Tuesday 2:50-3:20 High Throughput BLI Potency Assay for Screening of Product Degradation by Industrial Cleaning Solutions Jonathan Crane, PhD, Senior Development Scientist, AGC Biologics For more information, please visit Pall’s BPI Event website

Purolite – Booth 416

Praesto ‘Jetted’ Agarose Resins Discover Purolite Life Sciences’ latest Praesto ‘jetted’ agarose resins.  These resins are manufactured to demonstrate enhanced performance characteristics including: better pressure/flow properties, improved resolution, and tighter bead size specifications.  For further information or to discuss your purification challenges, come visit booth 416. Poster: The future of Protein A chromatography just arrived by Jet For more information, please see –Purolite BPI Flyer

Roche Custom Biotech – Booth 305

Talks: Wednesday 11:00-11:30 On Demand Nutrient Feed During Automated Cell Culture Process – Integrating an Eppendorf Bioprocess Controller, with the Flownamics Seg-Flow and the Roche CustomBiotech Cedex Bio HT Analyzer Robert Berish, Scientist, Zoetis 4:15-4:45 Analytical Data Trends Used in Making Process Decisions Frank Agbogbo, Ph.D., Cytovance Biologics For more information, please see Roche BPI Flyer

Repligen – Booth 506

Talks: Monday 3:30-4:00 How Can Continuous Bioprocessing Deliver the Flexibility and Cost Gains Promised by its Champions? John Bonham-Carter, Director, Commercial, Repligen Wednesday 2:25-2:55 Scaling up? No Problem with New 80cm Diameter Pre-packed OPUS Columns Fletcher Malcolm, Director, Product Manager, Repligen

Thermo Fisher Scientific – Booth 400

WuXi Biologics – Booth 206

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