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ArticlePharmaceutical research2023

Convolutional Neural Networks Enable Highly Accurate and Automated Subvisible Particulate Classification of Biopharmaceuticals.

Shubing Wang, Andy Liaw, Yue-Ming Chen, Yongchao Su, Daniel Skomski

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Shubing WangDepartment of Biometrics Research, Merck & Co. Inc., 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA. shubing_wang@merck.com.
Andy LiawDepartment of Biometrics Research, Merck & Co. Inc., 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA.
Yue-Ming ChenDepartment of Biometrics Research, Merck & Co. Inc., 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA.
Yongchao SuAnalytical Research and Development, Merck & Co. Inc., 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA.
Daniel SkomskiAnalytical Research and Development, Merck & Co. Inc., 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey, 07065, USA. daniel.skomski@merck.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8401-5626

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantification of subvisible particles, which are generally defined as those ranging in size from 2 to 100 µm, is important as critical characteristics for biopharmaceutical formulation development. Micro Flow Imaging (MFI) provides quantifiable morphological parameters to study both the size and type of subvisible particles, including proteinaceous particles as well as non-proteinaceous features incl. silicone oil droplets, air bubble droplets, etc., thus enabling quantitative and categorical particle attribute reporting for quality control. However, limitations in routine MFI image analysis can hinder accurate subvisible particle classification. In this work, we custom-built a subvisible particle-aware Convolutional Neural Network, SVNet, which has a very small computational footprint, and achieves comparable performance to prior state-of-art image classification models. SVNet significantly improves upon current standard operating procedures for subvisible particulate assessments as confirmed by thorough real-world validation studies.

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Biological ProductsDiagnostic ImagingNeural Networks, ComputerParticle SizeProteinsBiological ProductsProteinsbiologicscharacterizationmachine learningneural networkssubvisible particles

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