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Rapid Antibody Gene-to-Drug-Substance Development & Manufacturing

Accelerate your path to clinic with a proven, integrated platform.
Catalent’s integrated antibody development platform helps you move from gene construct to GMP drug substance in as little as 8 months*, enabling faster milestones and reducing risk. Our proven process combines advanced technologies, parallel development strategies, and decades of expertise to deliver a robust, scalable solution for your clinical program.

Why Partner with Catalent

  • Speed-to-clinic: Gene to GMP drug substance in 8 months*
  • Risk Mitigation: Proven platform processes, regulatory expertise, and well-characterized conditions
  • Scalability: Scalable solutions from pilot non-GMP runs to full GMP production
  • Manufacturing assurance in the U.S.: Reliable U.S. supply supported by proven quality systems

Integrated Development and Manufacturing Pathway

Graphic of a timeline depicting that UpTempo Antibody enables accelerated timelines from gene to clinic within 11 months.
Cell Pool Production Ambr250 Top Clone Pilot
Large Scale Non-GMP Production
CGMP
Large Scale Production
10L 2 × 250 mL 250 L (100 L) 1000 L (500 L)
  • Downstream Development
  • Analytical Method Development
  • Formulation Development
  • Downstream Confirmation
  • Process Lock
  • Analytical Method Development
  • Analytical Method Qualification & Verifications
  • Reference Standard Creation, Qualification, Stability
  • Viral Clearance Study
  • Bioburden Control Strategy
  • In Process Stability
  • Non-CGMP BDS Stability Study
  • CGMP BDS Stability Study

Best Fit for This Platform

This accelerated solution is optimized for proteins with the following attributes:

  • IgG1 or IgG4 mAb with pI greater than 7.4
  • Low propensity for aggregation, less than 5% in culture and post-capture
  • Stability at low pH for more than 60 minutes
  • Final BDS concentration of 50 mg/mL (frozen)
  • Liquid drug product stability at 5°C

*The 8-month timeline applies to traditional monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).

Scope of Services

Catalent provides an end-to-end, integrated scope spanning early development through late-stage clinical and commercial readiness, using a platform-based approach designed to scale with your program.

  • Robust cell line development using GPEx® Lightning technology
  • 10 L bioreactor cell pool production
  • Top clone selection with Ambr250
  • Downstream process development
  • Formulation development
  • Master Cell Bank creation and testing
  • Analytical method development and qualification
  • 250 L pilot non-GMP run (100 L)
  • 1000 L CGMP run (500 L)

Program Assumptions

This platform-based approach is supported by the following standard assumptions:

  • ≤10 g/L titer processing
  • 14-day production duration in terminal vessel
  • Application of platform purification and analytical methods
  • Procurement of materials within 45 days of program initiation
  • Process finalized at small scale using Ambr250
  • Larger-scale non-GMP run informs CGMP manufacturing after the first batch

Accelerate What Matters: From Gene to Drug Substance in Just 8 Months