Formulation, Development and Manufacturing of Vaccines: The Practical Aspects

Practical Aspects of Vaccine Development provides an academic and industry perspective on vaccine development and manufacturing. With the increasing complexity of vaccine products in development, there is a need for a comprehensive review of the current state of the industry and challenges being encountered. While formulation scientists working in biotherapeutic development may be familiar with proteins, vaccines present unique challenges. Vaccines include a wide range of components including proteins, polysaccharides, protein-polysaccharide conjugates, adjuvants, and more. The container closure system may also be unique, and the product may require freezing storage or lyophilization based on the stability of the vaccine components. Based on the route of delivery, novel technologies and devices may be required.

Covering formulation development, manufacture, and delivery considerations of vaccine production, this book is essential to formulation scientists, researchers in vaccine development throughout medical and life sciences, and advanced students.

• Includes formulation considerations for various vaccine types, including proteins, polysaccharides, conjugates, and live vaccines
• Covers process development for solution, suspension, and lyophilized products
• Explores the future of vaccines, including multi-component vaccines and novel delivery mechanisms/devices

Parag Kolhe, PhD, is Senior Director at Pfizer biotherapeutic pharmaceutical sciences. He co-leads the formulation and process development group responsible for development of biotherapeutics modalities. He is an expert in biologics formulation, process development, tech transfer, PPQ, and control strategy approaches. Dr. Kolhe has broad product development knowledge ranging from early stage to commercial life cycle management products. He has developed various biologics modalities ranging from monoclonal antibodies, antibody drug conjugates, vaccines and more recently Chimeric Antigen T Cell therapy and gene therapy.

Satoshi Ohtake, PhD, is an R&D professional with over 15 years of experience in the biotechnology industry, focusing on formulation and process development of various modalities ranging from small molecules to live attenuated vaccines. He has held positions of increasing responsibility at Nektar Therapeutics, Aridis Pharmaceuticals, and Pfizer. Dr. Ohtake is the inventor of over 10 patents and patent applications and author of over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Additionally, he has delivered over 30 invited presentations. Dr. Ohtake received a B.S. from Caltech and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Chemical Engineering. He is currently serving on the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Editorial Advisory Board and the Caltech Alumni Association Board of Directors.