Marcella Yu1, Samuel Yeboah2, Ashutosh Sharma2, and Anurag Rathore2. (1) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, 5531 Boelter Hall, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (2) Process Development, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
The biotechnology community has recently gained tremendous interest in Process Analytical Technology (PAT) due to the resulting increased consistency in product quality from run-to-run. Since protein products are usually expressed in a non-native organism, the synthesis and purification of them require careful monitoring of product quality at each stage of the process. This talk focuses on a case study where an on-line HPLC system was tested for its feasibility for performing at-line analysis and subsequent pooling for a hydroxyapatite chromatography purification step. The results obtained using the on-line HPLC were successfully verified by performing analysis via an off-line HPLC. The results showed that it is feasible to use the on-line HPLC for the application under consideration in the manufacturing environment.