cell banks tailored for your needs
New projects will start with a set-up which includes the transfer of the cell line to our lab, the implementation of optimal cultivation and freezing processes and the preparation of a small starting cell bank from the stock you provide to us.
According to the cell banking strategy that fits your project we prepare MCBs, WCBs and assay ready instaCELLs from adherent or suspension, engineered or non-engineered cells. Cells are expanded under controlled conditions and harvested as a homogeneous batch. If requested the cells can be starved, stimulated, differentiated or transfected before harvest.
Using an automated filling device the cells are dispensed into the cryovials and cryopreserved in a controlled-rate freezer using optimized protocols. Batch sizes between 50 and 1,000 vials in custom aliquots from 1 million to 100 million cells can be prepared. The cell banks are stored under controlled conditions in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen.
premium service
Analytical cell banks which are used in a GMP-bioassay are not themselves regulated under GMP but are considered as a critical reagent. To meet these special requirements all cell banks prepared under our “premium service” will include a comprehensive GMP-compliant documentation. A manufacturing batch record will describe all manipulation steps from the thawing of the starting vial to the freezing of the cell bank and list all lots of critical materials and used equipment. All quality controls are summarized in a quality report which includes a certificate of analysis (CoA) to certify that the cell banks match all defined specifications. A certificate of conformity (CoC) will confirm that the cell bank manufacturing was fully compliant with the Operating Procedures.
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