Peptide Crystallization: A Scalable Solution in Pharmaceutical Process Development

Webinar
Crystallization
Peptides
Process development

The molecular complexity of peptides may have kept them out of development pipelines in the past, but innovations in synthesis and purification have fueled their recent momentum as alternatives to traditional small molecules to address unmet medical needs. Integrating crystallization into the development and manufacture of peptides can address key challenges, allowing for significant impurity rejection, improved processability, increased stability, full structural determination, and lower overall cost when compared to column chromatography methods for purification.

Watch Cambrex expert Hannah McLachlan as she explores these benefits in the crystallization of peptide fragments, as well as whole peptide compounds. She discusses how the team at Cambrex’s Edinburgh facility has recently developed a high throughput screening approach to initial crystallization screening for peptide fragments.

Key Highlights:

  • Advantages of peptide crystallization
  • Technical differences in crystallizing peptide fragments compared to whole peptide compounds
  • Advantages and disadvantages of high throughput screening techniques
  • Case studies showing:
    • Improvements in peptide characteristics following crystallization
    • How successful results in the crystallization of peptide fragments can be utilized to direct trials for screening of the complete peptide
    • How high throughput screening can save time and give guidance on further development work
    • The effects of scale on purity uplift