Host Cell Proteins (HCPs)

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

In development of biologics, these are proteins produced by an organism unrelated to the recombinant product. HCPs comprise a safety risk and thus are not desirable in final drug substance. HCP assays are used to determine how much HCP remains in a biologic drug substance.

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