Take a Walk on the Lab side: a Virtual Field Trip to Amgen
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Are you interested in seeing the inside of a lab but don’t know anyone who could get you inside one?
Amgen’s Virtual Lab can give you a fascinating look into what goes on in a production laboratory.
Update 5/5/2021 - I found another link to the Amgen tour: https://www.youvisit.com/tour/amgen/117478
Process development: cells from the cell bank are grown in flasks to start the process.
Seeding - is the process growing cells and transferring them to successively larger reactors.
Production - at this point the cells are grown in the largest size of bioreactors. The environment is carefully controlled so that cells produce as much protein as possible.
Purification - this part shows 20 thousand liter buffer tanks. The buffer is used in protein purification.
Harvest - this is where proteins are separated from the cells
Purification - the protein is purified using liquid chromatography
Quality testing - several tests are used to measure product quality
Filling & accumulation - the protein is formulated and filled into packages and added to materials that improve storage
Inspection - every batch of product is tested and inspected.
Assembly and labeling - product is filled inside vials and syringes
Packaging - the vials of product are placed inside of packaging
Distribution - packaged product is shipped to customers
