RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Implementation of Plate Imaging for Demonstration of Monoclonality in Biologics Manufacturing Development JF PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology JO PDA J Pharm Sci Technol FD Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) SP pdajpst.2018.008789 DO 10.5731/pdajpst.2018.008789 A1 Zingaro, Kyle A1 Shaw, David A1 Carson, Jerry A1 Mayer-Bartschmid, Anke A1 Bender, Christian A1 Alves, Christina A1 McVey, Duncan A1 Quan, Nan-xin A1 Wei, Quinxiang A1 Laird, Mike A1 Zhu, Yuan A1 Emmins, Robyn A1 Follit, John A1 Porter, Alison A1 Racher, Andrew J A1 Milne, Sarah A1 Carubelli, Ivan A1 Du, Zhimei A1 Khatri, Ankita A1 Failly, Marilyne A1 Broly, Herve A1 Lee, Frank A1 Reeser, Matthew A1 Spirel, Jared A1 Anderson, Karin A1 DeMaria, Christine A1 Di-Carlo, Jennifer A1 Gill, John A1 Lundquist, Amie A1 Kumar, Sampath R A1 Gill, Tony YR 2018 UL http://journal.pda.org/content/early/2018/04/16/pdajpst.2018.008789.abstract AB Monoclonality of mammalian cell lines used for production of biologics is a regulatory expectation and one of the attributes assessed as part of a larger process to ensure consistent quality of the biologic. Historically, monoclonality has been demonstrated through statistics generated from limiting dilution cloning or through verified flow cytometry methods. A variety of new technologies are now on the market with the potential to offer more efficient and robust approaches to generating and documenting a clonal cell line. Here we present an industry perspective on approaches for the application of imaging and integration of that information into a regulatory submission to support a monoclonality claim. These approaches represent the views of a consortium of companies within the BioPhorum Development Group and include case studies utilising imaging technology which apply scientifically sound approaches and efforts in demonstrating monoclonality. By highlighting both the utility of these alternative approaches and the advantages they bring over the traditional methods, as well as their adoption by industry leaders, we hope to encourage acceptance of their use within the biologics cell line development space and provide guidance for regulatory submission using these alternative approaches.