Single-use bioreactors have increasingly been used in recent years, for both research and development as well as industrial production, especially in mammalian cell-based processes. Among the numerous single-use bioreactors available today, wave-mixed bags and stirred systems dominate. Wave-mixed single-use bioreactors are the system of choice for inoculum production, while stirred single-use bioreactors are most often preferred for antibody expression. For this reason, the present chapter describes protocols instructing the reader to use the wave-mixed BIOSTAT® RM 50 for cell expansion and to produce a monoclonal antibody (mAb) in Pall's Allegro™ STR 200 at pilot scale for the first time. All methods described are based on a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) suspension cell line expressing a recombinant immunoglobulin G (IgG).
Keywords: CHO cell expansion; Fed-batch; IgG production; Stirred single-use bioreactor; Wave-mixed single-use bioreactor.