Biologics / Large Molecule Analytical Services
SERVICES
Catalent provides full testing capabilities to suit the needs of our clients’ programs. With a wide spectrum of orthogonal testing/assays available at a single location, our comprehensive set of offerings include bioassays, physio-chemical testing and technologies, and are available to suit your specific testing needs across multiple disciplines. Rapid, customizable, cost-effective studies include:
- GMP Lot Release Testing
- Reference Standards
- Characterization
- Biosimilarity
- Process Validation Support
- Comparability Studies
- Stability Testing
- Investigational Studies
- In-Process Manufacturing / Formulation Support
- Post Packaging ID
STABILITY TESTING
Catalent provides stability storage and/or testing services to support clients’ biologics programs for their drug substance, drug product, and reference standards for both new chemical entity and biosimilar/biobetter therapies. We can provide your physical, chemical, cellular biology, molecular biology, and microbiological testing to support each time point and study, all in one location.
- ICH, WHO, and ASEAN storage conditions with:
- Temperatures ranging from -80°C to 60°C.
- Humidity ranging from ambient to 90%.
- ICH Photostability Option 2 – light exposure and temperature control.
- Thermal cycles and freeze/thaw exposures chambers customized to clients’ specific needs
- Our state-of-the-art stability facility has:
- Chambers that are fully mapped and qualified with alarm notifications.
- Dual redundancy system for power sources, water, and air handlers.
- Walk in chamber, reach in chambers, and controlled substance isolation available.
- Validated electronic scheduling and reporting documentation systems.
- Reports that can be submitted for regulatory filings.
- Validated sample traceability and inventory system.
- Regularly inspected by FDA, MHRA, DEA, and other agencies.
- A wide range of stability studies is available.
INVESTIGATIONAL STUDIES
- Impurity identification
- Cell line conformation by gene sequencing
- Product gene conformation
- Post-translational modification
- Molecule-molecule interaction by binding study
See full list of capabilities for a listing of techniques available to support investigational testing needs.
IN-PROCESS MANUFACTURING / FORMULATION SUPPORT
Catalent Biologics provides support for in-process testing and formulation development. Testing capabilities provide support in a timely manner to minimize impact to manufacturing processing or development activities:
- In process quality control checks
- Formulation screening
- DNA clearance
- Process related impurities, e.g. host cell proteins
- In-silico modeling
- Developability studies
- Pre-formulation selection
- High concentration studies