Immunogenicity
Immunogenicity bioanalysis solutions for pre-clinical and clinical assessments
Over 70+ dedicated scientists developing assays at one of Europe’s largest labs offer immunogenicity services that can be tailored to your needs.
Anti-drug antibody (ADA) and neutralisation (NAb) assays
Immune responses to therapeutic products have the potential to affect Pharmacokinetics (PK), Pharmacodynamics (PD), safety and efficacy.
Assessment of a biotherapeutics ability to produce an immune response requires the development of customised immunoassays following a tiered approach. With a specialised team of scientists and regulatory project managers, the Immunogenicity Centre Excellence, Cambridge (Fordham), has a wealth of experience in developing and validating sensitive, specific, selective and drug/target tolerant ADA and NAbs assays to support non-clinical and clinical immunogenicity up to Phase IV post-marketing surveillance. All validation is performed to GCP or GLP standards in line with current regulations (FDA and/or EMA).
Developed and validated assays
Our expert team have supported a wide range of drug development programs for biotherapeutics, including:
- Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs)
- Antibody fragments (Fab, nanobodies, domain antibodies)
- Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs)
- Bispecifics (including multi-domain characteristaion)
Projects we have supported
We have supported a wide range of drug development programs for biotherapeutics, including:
- Proteins: including multi-domain
- Peptides
- Biosimilars
- Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs): gene therapy, both for pre-treatment screening and to monitor immune responses during trials.
Our team of dedicated technical specialists, determine the most appropriate analytical tools to develop and validate high quality assays. We have proven trouble-shooting experience in an extensive range of techniques (including acid dissociation, ACE and SPEAD, isotyping, cell-based and ligand binding nAbs) and routinely solve analytical challenges in order to meet assay requirements (e.g. drug and target tolerance).
Scientific expertise
Our team includes active members of the European Immunogenicity Platform (EIP) and European Bioanalysis Forum (EBF) including participation in working groups. All staff are encouraged to attend and present at conferences. In addition, we have an extensive internal training programme to ensure scientists have an overall understanding of the reasons that immunogenicity assessment is required, the regulations and analytical challenges and solutions.
Immunogenicity Centre of Excellence
Immunogenicity solutions for pre-clinical and clinical assessments
Over 70+ dedicated scientists developing assays at one of Europe’s largest labs offer immunogenicity services that can be tailored to your needs.
CASE STUDY - ADA ASSAYS
Challenges of developing an ADA assay for bispecific antibody therapeutics and ADA characterisation
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Our Immunogenicity Centre of Excellence has a wealth of experience in the development and validation of sensitive, specific, selective and drug tolerant assays to measure anti-drug antibody (ADA) responses to therapeutic protein products.