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ArticlePloS one2016

Demonstrating Functional Equivalence of Pilot and Production Scale Freeze-Drying of BCG.

R Ten Have, K Reubsaet, P van Herpen, G Kersten, J-P Amorij

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

R Ten HaveIntravacc, P.O. Box 450, 3720 AL Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
K ReubsaetIntravacc, P.O. Box 450, 3720 AL Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
P van HerpenIntravacc, P.O. Box 450, 3720 AL Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
G KerstenIntravacc, P.O. Box 450, 3720 AL Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
J-P AmorijIntravacc, P.O. Box 450, 3720 AL Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Process analytical technology (PAT)-tools were used to monitor freeze-drying of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) at pilot and production scale. Among the evaluated PAT-tools, there is the novel use of the vacuum valve open/close frequency for determining the endpoint of primary drying at production scale. The duration of primary drying, the BCG survival rate, and the residual moisture content (RMC) were evaluated using two different freeze-drying protocols and were found to be independent of the freeze-dryer scale evidencing functional equivalence. The absence of an effect of the freeze-dryer scale on the process underlines the feasibility of the pilot scale freeze-dryer for further BCG freeze-drying process optimization which may be carried out using a medium without BCG.

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BCG VaccineFreeze DryingCulture MediaPilot ProjectsBCG VaccineCulture Media

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PMID26981867
PMCPMC4794149

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