OUR OFFERINGS

Expect great science.
It’s in our DNA.

ExcellGene’s reliable process and exceptional CHO cell hosts are the result of over twenty years of innovation and fine-tuning.

OUR SERVICES

A uniquely
science-driven CDMO

Since 2001, ExcellGene has developed proprietary technologies and know-how that are key for the delivery of its clients’ projects on a timely manner and with a high degree of customization.

CHO and HEK stable cell line development

Bioprocess Development

High Throughput Protein Production

Tox Material

cGMP Cell Bank Manufacturing

OUR TECHNOLOGIES

In-house state-of-the-art tech
revolutionizing your development programs.

CHOExpress®
cell hosts

Proven, Robust, High Yield

We developed a robust, high-performing cell-host for large-scale manufacturing of proteins. CHOExpress®-derived clones grow to densities of >30 million cells/mL, yield over 8 g/L, and show excellent scalability in bioreactors.

Our CHOExpress® is the result of nearly a decade of directed evolution and has been validated in over 50 clinical programs. The cell line has not been in contact with serum for many decades and comes with FDA and EMEA-reviewed cell line documentation, including TSE, BSE and mycoplasma-free statements.

CHOExpress® has been proven to be robust and highly suitable for large scale manufacturing in bioreactors. The cell line combines perfectly with our transposon-based gene transfer system to generate highly productive clones, which provide stable productivity over 60+ generations. To help ensure the commercial viability of your product, all our cell lines are provided free of royalties.

CHOExpress®

A robust, scalable and highly
productive cell host.

FlexiCHO® medium.

A high-performance, chemically-defined medium for CHO cells. Its flexible composition enables tuning of Product Quality Attributes. Ideal for biosimilars.

HEKExpress®
cell hosts

Highest yielding HEK293 cell line

HEKExpress® is a fast-growing, productive and robust HEK293T-derived cell line. It is ideal for for large-scale manufacturing of recombinant proteins using stable expression.

Nearly a decade of work at ExcellGene has resulted in an aggregate-free single-cell suspension cell line that grows to high-densities  in chemically defined media in bioreactors. This cell line is named HEKExpress®  and it was found to display very high transfection efficiency. In fact, we have used HEKExpress® to reach the highest transient gene expression yield ever reported in the literature (> 1g/L). In addition, HEKExpress® has been shown to be ideal for production of gene transfer vector such as AAV and Lentiviruses at high titers.

Starting from the Master Cell Bank of the succesfull HEKExpress®, ExcellGene has recently developed HEK2Express®, a clone of HEKExpress that was selected for high productivity of AAV and favorable full/empty ratio. In addition, ExcellGene’s scientists have removed all T-antigen related DNA from the genome, making HEK2Express® truly “T-antigen free”.

 

Features

  • Suitable for culture in large scale Bioreactors (> 500L)
  • Fast growing – doubling time as low as 20 hours
  • Grows to high cell densities (>15 million/mL) in chemically defined media
  • Can be cloned by ExcellGene to provide clonal GMP-ready cell lines
  • Resulting cell lines are highly stable (>4 months) and highly productivity (up to 9 g/L)
  • Highly efficient in AAV production (> 10e15 vg/L)
  • Fully characterized, cGMP master cell bank available
  • Fed-batch culture protocol available to further increase process yield

HEK2Express®

Clonally derived, T-antigen-free host cell with superior AAV productivity & full/empty ratio.

FlexiHEK® medium.

A high performance chemically-defined medium for growth and production of recombinant proteins using HEK293 cells.

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