Cell culture media and methods of antibody production
AssigneeGenentech, Inc.
InventorsVeronica Carvalhal, Natarajan Vijayasankaran, Lauren Brown, Thomas DiRocco, Nathan McKnight
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Abstract
Cell culture media are provided herein as are methods of using the media for cell culture and antibody production from cells. Compositions comprising antibodies and fragments thereof, produced by the methods herein are also provided.
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A method of producing bevacizumab or a fragment thereof, comprising a step of culturing a mammalian cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding bevacizumab or a fragment thereof in a cell culture medium, wherein initial cell culture medium in a cell culture cycle comprises two or more components selected from the group consisting of copper at a concentration of from about 69 nM to about 1,000 nM, insulin at a concentration of from about 1.0 mg/L to about 100.0 mg/L, and cystine at a concentration of from about 0.7 mM to about 2.0 mM, and wherein the cell produces bevacizumab or the fragment.
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