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News|Articles|September 4, 2026
Accelerating and Streamlining Microbial Process Development With a Novel Technology (Sept 2026)
Author(s)FUJIFILM Biotechnologies
This executive summary examines how FUJIFILM Biotechnologies' ShunzymeX™ platform addresses the purification challenges that make microbial expression systems slower and less predictable than monoclonal antibody workflows. Andrei Soliakov, PhD, a principal technical project lead of process development at FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, details the engineering of a scarless protease developed in partnership with the University of Edinburgh, along with proof-of-concept results across four structurally diverse model proteins. Readers will see how a standardized downstream workflow shortens the path from expression strain to GMP manufacturing.
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