Custom Biochemicals

Biopharmaceutical
 
SAFC has the flexibility and capability to meet your Custom Product Process needs. Commitment to continued investment and growth in reasearch and development by dedicated scientists who support the manufacturing of samples, customs and specials in the custom manufacturing business. Augmented by external collaborative partnerships in industry with additional R&D support from our European manufacturing facilities SAFC makes what you want when you want it.

Capabilities
Develop, optimize and manufacture custom formulations with customer cell lines as required
Qualify and characterize raw materials as part of our Value Added Materials Program, which are the building blocks of our custom media
Source and develop alternatives to animal-derived components (e.g., amino acids, lipids and transferrin substitutes)
Formulate serum-free and animal component-free media for commercially important cell lines (e.g., CHO, NSO,HEK-293, MDBK/MDCK, hybridomas, etc.)
Generate development and application data under relevant conditions (i.e., stirred-tank bioreactors and hollow fibers system)
Development efforts supported with comprehensive analytical capabilities
Dedicated custom manufacturing and bag filling areas that are supported by two class 100 cleanrooms
Liquid media tanks, designed with custom manufacturing in mind, are equipped with small volume injection and sampling ports for custom formulations
Lyophilization, tableting and pouching capabilities
Gamma-irradiation and "true pool" heat inactivation of sera up to 2,000 L
Nitrogen overlay capability
Expansion space for animal component-free processing
Amino acid blending
Cell Culture cGMP Manufacturing & Quality Systems (661Kb)
  Product line competencies:
Biopolymers
Biological Buffers
Carbohydrates
Detergents
Lipids
Liquid media
Polyamino acids
  Operational competencies:
Chromatography
cGMP Biopharmaceuticals
Continuous prep gel electrophoresis
Fermentation
Large scale extractions
Preparative HPLC
Ultrafiltration