Hands On Training program - Biosimilar/Biologics Characterization
Location
Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga, Mumbai 400019
Date
December 11-15,2017
The workshop was organised in partnership with BIRAC and supported by TEQIP III Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) recently hosted a five-day, hands-on-training workshop on biosimilars/biologics characterisation. The workshop was organised in partnership with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) and supported by TEQIP III (Technical Education Quality Improvement Program) III.
Dr Ratnesh Jain, Assistant Professor in Engineering Sciences, ICT, explained the complexity of biopharmaceuticals consisting of biological entities such as recombinant therapeutic proteins, vaccines, mAbs, etc., unlike small molecule-based pharmaceuticals. He also highlighted their structural heterogeneity and the influence of variations in upstream and downstream processes on the biopharmaceutical product.