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Single-Use Sterile Connectors for Cell Therapy

THE connection solution for Cell and Gene Therapy - MicroCNX®

A New Standard of Medicine

Cell therapy technologies have defined a new standard of medicine and are enhancing the treatment and prevention of diseases. Cell therapy (sometimes called cellular therapy or cytotherapy) uses intact cells, from either a patient (analogous) or an outside source (allogeneic), to fight disease and relieve medical conditions, blood cancers, heart failure, diabetes, ailments of bones and joints, genetic disorders, injuries of the skin and soft tissues, plus many more. 

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Exciting Times for the Cell Therapy Industry

There are close to 900 companies worldwide and over 8,000 active or recruiting clinical trials working on all types of cures in cell and gene therapies, gene modified therapies and tissue engineering. Recent cell-based therapy approvals from the FDA and EMA are giving more and more patients long-awaited treatment. With faster, more streamlined approvals and quicker development to market, the production of these therapies requires the design and implementation of efficient, cost-effective and sterility-assured  cell therapy processes  and equipment to meet growing demand.

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Single-Use Technologies (SUTs) Benefit Cell Therapy Production

Historically, cell therapies were produced for small patient populations in clinical trials using laboratory-scale equipment and manual, open processes under a laminar hood. This method is often time consuming, expensive and prone to contamination. As more cell therapy products enter clinical trials and commercial production, manufacturers are adopting single use technology for cell therapy to help lower costs, reduce time to market and maintain sterility.

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Cross Contamination Risk Mitigation with SUT

Reducing the risk of contamination is crucial in manufacturing where the patient’s own cells are used for the treatment of a disease. Losing a dose to contamination or mishandling could mean the loss of the therapy itself. For the patients using these innovative treatments as a last resort losing or mishandling a dose could also mean the loss of a life. Using a SUT closed system offers the risk mitigation essential in manufacturing these complex and sensitive personalized therapies.

Make the Right Connection with CPC Aseptic Connectors

Standardizing on easy-to-use CPC aseptic connectors helps reduce system complexity and production costs by offering greater process flexibility and reliability. By easing the integration of SUT plug-and play assemblies, these sterile connectors for cell therapy eliminate the convoluted process for connecting tubes via tube welding, where a cart and all the necessary components must be brought into the production suite and moved to the biosafety cabinet to be put together. With CPC single-use sterile connectors, cell therapy manufacturers no longer experience the costs and delays associated with the extra time needed for open manual processes. 

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CPC Sterile Connectors for Cell Therapy

The labor-intensive and open nature of cell therapy manufacturing make it highly susceptible to operator error and contamination risks. CPC aseptic connectors attached to the SUT ensure terminally sterilized closed systems process continuously with each drop secure and sterile from start to finish. 

Cell Therapy Companies and Equipment Suppliers

Working with cell therapy manufacturers and partnering with equipment suppliers, CPC helps provide these lifesaving therapies by maintaining efficacious, repeatable and standardized processes. These companies recognize that one of the critical components in a single-use process for cell therapy manufacturing is the right connection technology. CPC’s solutions allow for the aseptic connection between single and non-single-use steps within a fully closed system. This additional security and ease of use helps with the scalability and reproducibility necessary for upstream and downstream production processes.

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Meeting Cell Therapy Expectations with CPC

  • Broad chemical compatibility
  • Performance integrity down to -80°C
  • Sterilization by gamma or autoclaving methods
  • Reliable, repeatable performance
  • Validation reports available
  • Minimal operator training to use connector
  • Wide portfolio of products from benchtop to cGMP production

CPC Aseptic Connectors: Decades of Experience, Forefront of Innovation

CPC has been delivering aseptic connectors to the biopharmaceutical market for decades. With this extensive biopharma experience, CPC engineers have applied their single-use technology for cell therapy to aseptic connector innovation. Laser sharp focus directly led to CPC’s development of AseptiQuik®, Steam-Thru® and MicroCNX® Aseptic Connectors, exclusively designed and built for the complexities of sterile upstream and downstream applications used in cell therapy manufacturing. CPC offers an advantage by providing guidance in critical areas, such as best practices in closed system design, that can be the key to cell therapy production success.

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Benefits of CPC Single- Use Technology for Cell Therapy

  • Remove cumbersome steps in production
  • Minimize costs by closing operations that normally are performed under the hood
  • Save time and labor during setup, in production and in between batches
  • Eliminate cross contamination in between batches
  • Reduce the footprint of your processing area

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