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Process Analytical Technology in Bioprocessing

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Turn bioprocess data into real-time control

Your bioprocess data is valuable

During an upstream bioprocess, process analytical technology (PAT) provides valuable insights into critical process parameters, including temperature, pH, nutrient concentrations, cell status, and product formation. This data is essential for understanding, monitoring, and controlling your process.

Common challenges in using bioprocess data

When sensors, connected analyzers, and offline analyzers operate in separate systems, data must be collected and reconciled manually. This makes data management labor-intensive and often too slow to support decisions during an active process. Transferring a process from development to manufacturing can create additional challenges. Monitoring and control strategies may need to be rebuilt, slowing progress and increasing the risk of process variation between runs.

How our bioprocess solutions help

Our software solutions help you unlock the full value of your bioprocess data. They enable you to:
  • Integrate process analytical technology
  • Consolidate the data from all your runs in a central, accessible location
  • Use bioprocess data for real-time process control
  • Replicate monitoring and control strategies across scales

Automated glucose control for better results and less manual work

Discover PAT application examples in our webinar:

  • Find out how scientists at Merck KGaA held the glucose concentration in a CHO cell culture bioprocess constant for three days without manual intervention.
  • Discover an example for the automation of E. coli culture feeding
  • Learn about bioreactor software features enabling sensor integration

What is PAT and how to use it in bioprocessing

What is PAT?‌

How can PAT help improve upstream bioprocessing?‌

How can PAT be used to turn measurements into process control?‌

How does PAT support Quality by Design (QbD)?‌

How Eppendorf bioprocess solutions support PAT

Connect analyzers: The Eppendorf Bioprocess solutions enable the in-line and at-line integration of process analytical technology through DASware ® control SCADA software.

Understand your data: DASware control and BioNsight® cloud software let you bring online, offline, and calculated process parameters together in one central record for easier analysis and comparison.

Control your process: Use the measurements from a connected analyzer directly in an automated control loop. For example, a value such as glucose concentration can set the feed pump rate without an operator step.

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Which parameters can be monitored with PAT

PAT is routinely used to monitor critical process parameters (CPPs), including pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and temperature. However, PAT can also be used to assess additional parameters such as nutrients, biomass, cell viability, the metabolic state of the culture, as well as product formation. To do so, different components of the system are measured, such as the medium, the cells, and the exhaust. Various sensor types exist, which apply different measuring principles, including spectroscopic methods (like Raman-, fluorescence-, and infrared spectroscopy), mass spectrometry, electrochemistry, and permittivity. Our solutions support the integration of analyzers and sampling devices, such as
  • Nutrient analyzers
  • Cell counters
  • Biomass monitors
  • HPLC
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Raman sensors
  • Autosampler

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Contact us

We have been building and supporting software for upstream bioprocess for more than three decades. Fill out our contact form to learn more about our bioprocess software solutions and talk with us about your specific needs. You can also email us directly at bioprocess-info@eppendorf.com.