North East manufacturer develops automated purification system to further growth

A North East recombinant antibody manufacturer has developed custom protein purification systems to help increase its production throughput.

Absolute Antibody has installed automated robots in its newly expanded manufacturing facility to enable further growth for the company’s recombinant antibody products and services.

The two automated robots streamline antibody purification and allow the company to meet increasing demand for its antibody technology.  The company has developed a large-scale purification robot, which is able to purify 24 antibodies at a scale of two litres in around 24 hours. This process would usually take a scientist around a week to complete manually. The expanded system follows a previous design capable of purifying up to 24 antibodies at a scale of 80mL in 12 hours.

“Absolute Antibody is committed to advancing recombinant antibody technology, and our lab has been hard at work developing innovative systems to enable effective production scale-up,” said Dr Ian Wilkinson, chief scientific officer at Absolute Antibody. “Our new robots provide quick, reliable and cost-effective protein purification, ensuring we can expand our catalog offerings and efficiently deliver high-quality recombinant antibodies to customers.”