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ArticlePharmaceutical research2022

Freeze-Dried Biopharmaceutical Formulations are Surprisingly Less Stable than Liquid Formulations during Dropping.

Wei-Jie Fang, Meng-Juan Pang, Jia-Wei Liu, Xinyu Wang, Haibin Wang, Min-Fei Sun

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Wei-Jie FangInstitute of Drug Metabolism and Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. wjfang@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3375-7360
Meng-Juan PangInstitute of Drug Metabolism and Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Jia-Wei LiuInstitute of Drug Metabolism and Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Xinyu WangDepartment of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310013, China.
Haibin WangZhejiang Bioray Biopharmaceutical Co, Taizhou, 317000, China.
Min-Fei SunInstitute of Drug Metabolism and Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.

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Experimental Technology Project of Zhejiang University SJS202003Ministry of Science and Technology of China 2018ZX09J18107-002the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81741144
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purposesThis article describes an interesting phenomenon in which optimized freeze-dried (FD) biopharmaceutical formulations are generally more prone to degradation than their liquid counterparts during dropping and proposes an underlying cause for this surprising phenomenon.

methodsTwo monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and a fusion protein (FP) were used as model biopharmaceuticals. The stability after dropping stress was determined by ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis), size exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography (SE-HPLC), micro-flow imaging (MFI), and dynamic light scattering (DLS).

resultsContrary to what we would normally assume, the FD formulations of the three biopharmaceuticals studied here generally showed much higher amounts of protein sub-visible particles (SbVPs) than liquid formulations after applying the same dropping stress as determined by MFI and DLS. Traditional techniques, such as UV-Vis and SE-HPLC, could hardly detect such degradation.

conclusionsWe propose that the higher temperature caused by dropping for the FD powders than the liquid formulations was probably one of the root causes for the higher amount of particles formed for the FD powders. We also recommend that dropping stress should be included for early-stage screening and choosing liquid versus FD biopharmaceutical formulations.

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Biological ProductsAntibodies, MonoclonalDrug StabilityFreeze DryingPowdersAntibodies, MonoclonalBiological ProductsPowdersbiopharmaceutical formulationdroppingfree radicalfreeze-dryprotein aggregationspecific heat capacitysub-visible particle

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