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Covance is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive drug development services companies with more than 10,000 employees in 60 countries. Through its comprehensive portfolio of services, Covance has helped pharmaceutical and biotech companies develop one-third of all prescription medicines in the market today.
Working with clients of all sizes, Covance recognizes that your development program is as unique as the product you bring to our facilities. With over 250 different biomolecules successfully supported annually, Covance Biopharmaceutical Services provide you with a global, multidisciplinary team of experts and specialized state-of-the-art infrastructure to help achieve your development and commercialization goals.
The comprehensive Covance biopharmaceutical service capabilities include extensive expertise and experience in:
cGMP batch release
Protein chemistry
Biological assays
Adventitious agent testing
Biomanufacturing support
cGMP cell bank production and storage
cGMP stability studies
Immunocharacterization
Molecular biology
Viral clearance studies
Covance has a complementary portfolio of discovery, nonclinical safety assessment, clinical development, periapproval, and market access capabilities for full development of biopharmaceutical products.
In an industry where the process is the product, the scientific and regulatory expertise and experience, accumulated and proven through decades of hands-on development of a wide variety of molecules and numerous submissions, make Covance the partner of choice for biopharmaceutical development. Discovery Development Commercialization Research Preclinical Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 IND/CTA POC NDA/MAA/BLA Product characterization, stability, and purity- indicating method development Product and dose analysis and release Analytical stability and release for clinical trials Commercial stability and release Cell-based bioassay development Bioassays for stability and release Biodistribution studies of gene therapy products Preformulations Formulations Cell-line screening and other biosafety testing, including virus and other adventitious agent testing Cell banking and characterization Cell banking Viral clearance studies Biomanufacturing and Process Development Support Project Management Program Management Integrated Drug Development Global, flexible offerings of individual services, milestone-based solutions, and full development solutions
Ji Wu, PhD, Marketing Manager, Covance, 3301 Kinsman Blvd, Madison, WI 53704, USA; ji.wu@covance.com, +1-888-268-2623.
Facility Design Strategies for Single-Use Technologies
Please join us for a free webinar addressing strategies for facility design in biopharmaceutical manufacturing:
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
8:00 AM and 1:00 PM EST
Presented by:
Ingrid Long, MSc
Research Engineer
GE Healthcare Life Sciences
During the webinar, Ms. Long will discuss the impact of different strategies for facility design, with a focus on the following topics:
* Replacement of traditional equipment with the single-use equivalent
* Biopharmaceutical manufacturing in a single room
* Benefits of facility design with respect to cost, risk, and flexibility
Development of a Plant-Made Pharmaceutical Production Platform




