NovozymesBiopharma and Millipore Launch Animal-Free Product

Novozymes Biopharma and Millipore have launched the first product from their alliance to supply animal-free cell culture supplements for bioprocessing.

CellPrime rTransferrin AF is an alternative to serum-derived human or bovine transferrin for industrial cell culture and upstream biopharmaceutical applications.

It offers benefits over current plasma-derived alternatives, including facilitating effective iron uptake into cells for optimal cell culture and is now commercially available in scalable manufacturing quantities.