Merck Millipore introduces new media for superior cell growth and productivity
Chemically defined, non-animal origin medium provides improved batch-to-batch consistency
Merck Millipore, the life science division of Merck KGaA, has launched Cellvento CHO-100, a non-animal origin, chemically defined medium that provides strong cell growth, high productivity and lot-to-lot consistency.
The new media formulation was designed for the long-term growth of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells to express antibodies or protein products, which will save biopharmaceutical manufacturers time and effort.
Cellvento CHO-100 contains no hydrolysates or components of unknown composition. It was designed to achieve high cell densities in batch mode operation, which is essential to efficient cell culture productivity.
‘The Cellvento CHO-100 cell culture medium is a significant addition to our Pharm Chemical Solutions business,’ said Dr Antoine Heron, head of Biopharm Materials & Technologies. ‘It delivers outstanding lot-to-lot consistency in physico-chemical characteristics as well as in growth and production profiles, optimising the cell culture process and allowing manufacturers to bring protein products to market faster.’
It is produced as a powder at the company's cGMP-compliant facility using high grade raw materials, leading to reliable product homogeneity that results in effective powder dissolution and uniform component distribution.