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ArticleNPJ vaccines2021

Quality by design modelling to support rapid RNA vaccine production against emerging infectious diseases.

Damien van de Berg, Zoltán Kis, Carl Fredrik Behmer, Karnyart Samnuan, Anna K Blakney, Cleo Kontoravdi, Robin Shattock, Nilay Shah

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Damien van de BergCentre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Zoltán KisCentre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6598-8369
Carl Fredrik BehmerCentre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Karnyart SamnuanDepartment of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Anna K BlakneyDepartment of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-9689
Cleo KontoravdiCentre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Robin ShattockDepartment of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4936-1718
Nilay ShahCentre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK. n.shah@imperial.ac.uk.

Funding

RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/R013764/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/V01479X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid-response vaccine production platform technologies, including RNA vaccines, are being developed to combat viral epidemics and pandemics. A key enabler of rapid response is having quality-oriented disease-agnostic manufacturing protocols ready ahead of outbreaks. We are the first to apply the Quality by Design (QbD) framework to enhance rapid-response RNA vaccine manufacturing against known and future viral pathogens. This QbD framework aims to support the development and consistent production of safe and efficacious RNA vaccines, integrating a novel qualitative methodology and a quantitative bioprocess model. The qualitative methodology identifies and assesses the direction, magnitude and shape of the impact of critical process parameters (CPPs) on critical quality attributes (CQAs). The mechanistic bioprocess model quantifies and maps the effect of four CPPs on the CQA of effective yield of RNA drug substance. Consequently, the first design space of an RNA vaccine synthesis bioreactor is obtained. The cost-yield optimization together with the probabilistic design space contribute towards automation of rapid-response, high-quality RNA vaccine production.

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PMID33927197
PMCPMC8085199

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