Catalent announces partnership with Toyobo Biologics, Inc.

(TBI) jointly announced today that they have entered into a partnership agreement to co-promote Catalent's proprietary GPEx® technology in the Japanese market. TBI is a major biologics supplier and contract provider of large scale clinical and commercial bioreactors in Japan.

GPEx® technology is used for mammalian cell line development. It creates stable, high expression cell lines that will speed biologics drug development to clinic in one-third the time of traditional approaches.

“Toyobo's established business reputation in the Japanese market and its biomanufacturing capability makes the partnership a natural synergy to co-promote Catalent's GPEX® technology,” said Kent Payne, Vice President and General Manager of Catalent's Development Services business. “Together, Catalent and Toyobo can now offer an advanced cell line development solution for customers in the Japanese market, from gene expression through commercialization of product.”

TBI owns and operates a state of the art GMP manufacturing plant with bioreactors ranging from 100L up to 4,000L located in Shiga, Japan. “We are confident TBI's strong position in the Japanese market, combined with access to Catalent's proprietary GPEx® technology, will create new opportunities to enhance our ability to serve our customers in the region,” stated Yukihiro Sogabe, President, TBI. “We look forward to capitalizing on these opportunities and leveraging future successes together.”

About GPEx® Technology
Using a retrovector technology, GPEx® ensures the stable transduction of targeted cells, approaching 100% efficiency. This level of efficiency eliminates the requirement for selectable markers, allowing stable clonal cell lines to be produced in less than five months. GPEx® technology has a proven track record of success with a wide variety of mammalian cell types and proteins, having produced over 200 different antibodies globally and more than 60 recombinant proteins.

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