Methods for purifying antibodies comprising of a process by using activated carbon materials

Abstract

To provide a method for purifying an antibody to a sufficient degree of purity for therapeutic use in humans by removing impurities contained in a solution efficiently while reducing production cost and the purification period in the purification of the antibody. It was found that an antibody can be reliably purified to a high degree of purity by an activated carbon material, regardless of the amounts or species of impurities co-present, and that high viral clearance can be attained reliably. Based on the finding, a treatment with an activated carbon material could be used in place of AEX chromatography achieving viral clearance in a step of purifying a therapeutic antibody using CHO cells. As a result, an antibody can be simply and effectively purified to a sufficient degree of purity for therapeutic use in humans compared to a conventional purification method, while reducing production cost.

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