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Program at a Glance

Wednesday, November 12

3 PM
Registration
5 PM
Reception Dinner

Thursday, November 13

8 AM
Workshop Day 1
6 PM
Main Dinner

Friday, November 14

8 AM
Workshop Day 2
1 PM
Lunch

The agenda will be finalized a few weeks prior to the event.

Program Overview (Tentative)

Fundamentals and Regulatory

  • New chapter in the European Pharmacopeia on high-throughput sequencing for the detection of viral extraneous agents
  • Enhancing Viral Safety: Prior Knowledge and Platform Virus Clearance Strategies in the Era of ICH Q5A (R2)
  • Implications of the ICHQ5A (R2) on viral clearance studies scopes

Nanofiltration of challenging plasma derived proteins

  • Planova S20N evaluation on AT-III solution and its implementation
  • Planova S20N evaluation on IVIG solution
  • Visualization of virus trapping in the filter pore structure with protein solution

Rapid nanofiltration enabling highly efficient processing

  • Evaluation of Planova FG1 Virus Filter: Enhancing Efficiency and Addressing Filterability Challenges in a Diverse Therapeutic Antibody Pipeline
  • Planova FG1 and Planova S20N evaluations and comparison with different operating conditions

Cell Culture Clarification with Tangential Flow Microfiltration

  • BioOptimal UMP evaluation and implementation in a perfusion cell culture process
  • Evaluation of BioOptimal MF-SL in a cell culture producing AAV vectors
  • Ensuring a proper design of your TFF setup to maximize performance

New Trends and Applications

  • Media nanofiltration in the production of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP)
  • Implementation of Planova 35N in a AAV vector production process to enhance viral safety
  • Continuous nanofiltration with Planova S20N