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Human pluripotent stem cell-derived products: Advances towards robust, scalable and cost-effective manufacturing strategies

Jenkins, MJ; Farid, SS; (2015) Human pluripotent stem cell-derived products: Advances towards robust, scalable and cost-effective manufacturing strategies. Biotechnol J , 10 (1) 83 - 95. 10.1002/biot.201400348. Green open access

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Abstract

The ability to develop cost-effective, scalable and robust bioprocesses for human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) will be key to their commercial success as cell therapies and tools for use in drug screening and disease modelling studies. This review outlines key process economic drivers for hPSCs and progress made on improving the economic and operational feasibility of hPSC bioprocesses. Factors influencing key cost metrics, namely capital investment and cost of goods, for hPSCs are discussed. Step efficiencies particularly for differentiation, media requirements and technology choice are amongst the key process economic drivers identified for hPSCs. Progress made to address these cost drivers in hPSC bioprocessing strategies is discussed. These include improving expansion and differentiation yields in planar and bioreactor technologies, the development of xeno-free media and microcarrier coatings, identification of optimal bioprocess operating conditions to control cell fate and the development of directed differentiation protocols that reduce reliance on expensive morphogens such as growth factors and small molecules. These approaches offer methods to further optimise hPSC bioprocessing in terms of its commercial feasibility.

Type: Article
Title: Human pluripotent stem cell-derived products: Advances towards robust, scalable and cost-effective manufacturing strategies
Location: Germany
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201400348
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.201400348
Language: English
Additional information: © 2014 The Authors. Biotechnology Journal published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Bioprocess economics, Cell therapy, Pluripotent stem cells, Regenerative medicine, Scale-up
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Biochemical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1460836
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