Procognia's U-c fingerprint technology provides a quantitative analysis of the glycans in a protein sample without protein purification or cleavage at the Centre for Bioanalytical Sciences, Ireland
Procognia reports that Procognia, Bristol-Myers Squibb, its Irish subsidiary Swords Laboratories, Dublin City University, and National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) signed an agreement to use Procognia's U-c fingerprint technology for rapid glycoanalysis at the Centre for Bioanalytical Sciences.
Established in 2005, the centre is being funded by IDA Ireland and Bristol-Myers Squibb to perform research and development related to new sciences and techniques needed to understand the dynamics of bioreactions.
Procognia's U-c fingerprint technology will be used for the rapid assessment of product structure and comparability via analysis of the glycosylation of intact glycoprotein samples directly in culture medium.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is a leader in the field of biotherapeutic discovery and production and NUIG is at the forefront of using novel glycoanalytical technologies to characterise biotherapeutics.
Procognia's U-c fingerprint technology provides a quantitative analysis of the glycans in a protein sample without protein purification or cleavage.
Protein samples can be analysed in under four hours with minimal 'hands-on' time.
As current tools for analysing glycosylation are not amenable to real-time analysis and monitoring, Procognia anticipates that the speed and ease of use of its technology will enable rapid development of biotherapeutics.
NUIG aim to use Procognia's U-c fingerprint technology to identify and retain the desired glycosylation patterns of biological products as they undergo process optimisation, scale up for manufacturing and clinical development.
Ron Long, CEO of Procognia said "We are delighted that Bristol-Myers Squibb and National University of Ireland, Galway have recognised that understanding glycosylation is important in the development of effective new biotherapeutics and that Procognia's U-c fingerprint technology is expected to obtain the required data quickly and efficiently."
