How long did it take to make the adaptation.
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Adapting manual cell line development workflows to automation
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Company: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Job Title: Development Associate IV, Biological Process Development
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Our first fully automated process began 5 months after installation. Previous testing and development of the workflow produced a functional workflow, but handling a truly representative number of plates in real world conditions allowed us to learn and improve even more. As we went along we continued to make more improvements to operations to improve functionality and efficiency. In a sense we are still making the adaptation, as methods could still see refinement.