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A Small-scale Model to Assess the Risk of Leachables from Single-use Bioprocess Containers through Protein Quality Characterization

Nina J. Xiao, Colin D. Medley, Ian C. Shieh, Gregory Downing, Shelly Pizarro, Jun Liu and Ankit R. Patel
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology November 2016, 70 (6) 533-546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2015.006338
Nina J. Xiao
1Late Stage Pharmaceutical Development and
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Colin D. Medley
2Small Molecule Analytical Quality Control, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA
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Ian C. Shieh
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Gregory Downing
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Shelly Pizarro
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Jun Liu
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Leachables from single-use bioprocess containers (BPCs) are a source of process-related impurities that have the potential to alter product quality of biotherapeutics and affect patient health. Leachables often exist at very low concentrations, making it difficult to detect their presence and challenging to assess their impact on protein quality. A small-scale stress model based on assessing protein stability was developed to evaluate the potential risks associated with storing biotherapeutics in disposable bags caused by the presence of leachables. Small-scale BPCs were filled with protein solution at high surface area–to–volume ratios (≥3× the surface area–to–volume ratio of manufacturing-scale BPCs) and incubated at stress temperatures (e.g., 25 °C or 30 °C for up to 12 weeks) along with an appropriate storage vessel (e.g., glass vial or stainless steel) as a control for side-by-side comparison. Changes in protein size variants measured by size exclusion chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and particle formation for two monoclonal antibodies using both the small-scale stress model and a control revealed a detrimental effect of gamma-irradiated BPCs on protein aggregation and significant BPC difference between earlier and later batches. It was found that preincubation of the empty BPCs prior to protein storage improved protein stability, suggesting the presence of volatile or heat-sensitive leachables (heat-labile or thermally degraded). In addition, increasing the polysorbate 20 concentration lowered, but did not completely mitigate, the leachable-protein interactions, indicating the presence of a hydrophobic leachable. Overall, this model can inform the risk of BPC leachables on biotherapeutics during routine manufacturing and assist in making decisions on the selection of a suitable BPC for the manufacturing process by assessing changes in product quality.

LAY ABSTRACT: Leachables from single-use systems often exist in small quantities and are difficult to detect with existing analytical methods. The presence of relevant detrimental leachables from single-use bioprocess containers (BPCs) can be indirectly detected by studying the stability of monoclonal antibodies via changes by size exclusion chromatography, capillary electrophoresis sodium dodecyl sulfate, and visible/sub-visible particles using a small-scale stress model containing high surface area–to–volume ratio at elevated temperature alongside with an appropriate control (e.g., glass vials or stainless steel containers). These changes in protein quality attributes allowed the evaluation of potential risks associated with adopting single-use bioprocess containers for storage as well as bag quality and bag differences between earlier and later batches. These leachables appear to be generated during the bag sterilization process by gamma irradiation. Improvements in protein stability after storage in “preheated” bags indicated that these leachables may be thermally unstable or volatile. The effect of surfactant levels, storage temperatures, surface area–to–volume ratios, filtration, and buffer exchange on leachables and protein stability were also assessed.

  • Single-use bioprocess container
  • Disposables
  • Leachables
  • Protein aggregation
  • Visible and sub-visible particles
  • Stability
  • Capillary electrophoresis
  • Chromatography
  • Surfactants
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Nina J. Xiao, Colin D. Medley, Ian C. Shieh, Gregory Downing, Shelly Pizarro, Jun Liu, Ankit R. Patel
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Nov 2016, 70 (6) 533-546; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2015.006338

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PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Nov 2016, 70 (6) 533-546; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2015.006338
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