Byrn Lectures Flashcards

1
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Polio Vaccine

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  • brought to public in 1955
  • bore a Lilly label
  • Polio cases dropped from 1000’s to 53
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2
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4 Types of COVID Vaccines

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mRNA
Vector
Protein Subunit
Whole, killed

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mRNA

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  • used by Pfizer, Moderna
  • mRNA used to instruct cells to make a piece of spike protein
  • coated in fatty lipids to protect it
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4
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Vector

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  • used by Janssen, AstraZeneca, Sputnik
  • used adenoviruses to carry genetic instructions for spike protein
  • attach to cells and inject DNA to tell cells to make spike protein
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5
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Protein Subunit

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  • used by Novavax, Sanofi
  • get small pieces of the target virus circulating into the system by engineering insect viruses used to infect moths that the cells are used then to create spike protein
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6
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Whole, Killed

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  • used by Sinovac
  • batches of the virus are grown and then killed using chemicals or heat
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7
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Novavax COVID/FLU combo Vaccine

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  • launched a phase 1/2 trial
  • tested in 640 healthy adults aged 50-70
  • must have been injected by COVID-19 or vaccinated
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8
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Stability of RNA

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-70 degrees is stable at this temperature over 32 days

RT is degraded over 32 days (can be thawed for an hour and be given at RT safely without degradation)

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9
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Ionizable Lipids

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  • capsulate RNA in lipids to prevent being hydrolyzed
  • positive charged at acidic at pH
  • neutral in the blood
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10
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Ionizable Cationic Lipid

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ALC-0315 (Pfizer) & SM-102 (Moderna) at a pH of 6.2-6.4

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11
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Helper Lipids

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DSPC, Cholesterol, Zwitterionic at pH of 7.5

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12
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PEG-Lipid

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ALC-0159 (Pfizer) & PEG-DMG (Moderna)

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13
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Manufacture

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  • dissolve lipids in ethanol in solution 1
  • dissolve nucleic acid (RNA) in buffer in solution 2
  • mix the two solutions together
  • FORMS LIPID NANOPARTICLES (dense)
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14
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Moderna Patent

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  • Luciferase: protein in lightening bugs
  • recognition tactic to show if the mRNA was formed
  • cationic lipid + DSPC + cholesterol + PEG-lipid
  • diluted to 0.2 mg/ml in a citrate buffer and then the ethanol was mixed with RNA.
  • Ethanol was then removed and replaced with PBS by dialysis
  • Ratio
    50:10:38:1.5
  • Total Lipid:RNA ratio
    10:1
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15
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Microfluidics

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  • inject 3 green tubes injecting drug into plate making the nanoparticle
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16
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Solute

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material being dissolved

typically a solid

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17
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Solvent

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used for drugs to dissolve the solid

ex. alcohol, water, buffers, isopropyl alcohol, glycerine, propylene glycol

18
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Oral Solutions

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drug in solvent including water

19
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The solution dosage form reaches higher blood levels than the solid dosag form because:

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The drug is already in solution
It takes longer for solid to dissolve

20
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Syrup

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  • a drug in solution containing sugar or a sugar substitute
  • may contain antimicrobial preservative
21
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Elixir

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clear sweetened solutions containing a drug and alcohol

22
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Nonaqueous Solutions

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Liniment

23
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Biological Products

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Peptides - insulin
Monoclonal Antibodies - Humira
Proteins
Immune enhancing agents
Cell Therapy
Vaccines

24
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Biological Formulations

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typically solutions or freeze dried (lyphilized)

25
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Insulin Ingredients

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Glycerine, Metacresol Phenol –> Stabilizers

Zinc –> Complexing Agent

Protamine Sulfate –> Delay of Absorption

Sodium Phosphate –> Buffer

HCl, NaOH –> pH Adjusters

26
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Common Biological Dosage Forms

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  • Solutions in vials
  • Freeze dried vials with power (must add water)
27
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Stress of Freezing

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  • feared quality of issues are aggregates
  • aggregates can cause immune responses
  • higher OD, more aggregates
  • mediate aggregates by different pH levels during cooling
28
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Surfactants

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Polysorbate 80 allows us to stabilize the aggregates

29
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Small Molecules vs Antibodies

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Small
- structure is simple and well-defined
- predictable chemical process
- identical copy can be made
- easy to characterize
- stable
- low potential of immunogenicity

Antibody
- structure is complex, with many PTM
- each manufacture is unique
- similar copy can be made but not identical
- difficult to characterize due to mixture of related molecules
- sensitive to storage and handling
- high potential of immunogenicity

30
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Sensitivity of mAbs

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  • PTM are affected by manufacturing processes
  • PTM can effect mechanism of action, bioavailability, clearance, immunogenicity, effector functions, and binding
31
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Drug Product Manufacturing

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  • sterile filtration of drug to get out the microbes
  • container closure integrity and possibility of lyophilized
32
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Container Closure Considerations

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  • depyrogenation of glass vials (dry heat and autoclaving)
  • Steam and pressure sterilization
  • Test materials
  • Leaching and hemolysis
33
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Drug Substance Chacterization

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  • should be positive for identity and specified for purity, potency, and microbial contamination
  • acceptance criteria should be established
  • results of stability should be given to IND
  • Data of characterization should be given to IND
34
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Specifications of Drug Substance

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Identity
Purity
Impurities
Potency
Quantity
Safety

35
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Specifications for Drug Product

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Appearance
Identity
Purity
Quantity
Potency
Safety
Physical
Particulate

36
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BioProcess Design Criteria

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Quality: purity, sequency, glycosylation, activity

Concentration

Productivity

Yield

37
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Cell Lines

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Advantage
- produce human-like proteins
- secrete proteins
- correctly constructed and active proteins

Disadvantage
- slow growth rate
- low cell densities and productivity
- sensitive to fermentation conditions

38
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Type of Cell Lines Effect

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Feeding Regime

Down-Stream Processing

Scale

Bioreactor

39
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Type of Bioreactor Depends On…

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Are cells anchored or suspended?

Cell Density Mixing –> homogenous conditions throughout

Oxygen transfer rate

CIP/SIP

Shear Resistance

40
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Process of Fermentation

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Definition of Product
Selection of Producing Organism
Strain Screening
Medium Optimization
Small Scale Bioreactor
Control Requirements
Scale-Up

41
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Types of Chromatography

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Streamline
Index
Chromaflow
BPG
FineLINE
BioProcess Stainless Steel

SEE SLIDE 49

42
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ICH Documents for Biologics

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Q5 A: viral safety
Q5 B: genetic stability
Q5 C: product stability
Q5 D: cell substrate
Q5 E: comparability
Q6 B: specification
M4/M2: CTD
Q7: GMP for API
Q8: Pharmaceutical Development
Q9: Quality Risk Management
Q10: Pharmaceutical Quality System
Q11: Development and Manufacture of Drug Substance