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Simone Scotti is Manager of the Protein and Bioassay Services Department at the Erkrath site of Charles River Germany. She holds a PhD in biology from the University of Essen, Germany and has more than 12 years of experience in the field of GMP-compliant assay development, optimization, validation and QC testing.

Together with her team, she supports our clients in accelerating drug development from the very early development stages up to QC release and stability testing for market supply.

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Bioassay Options

Charles River offers three different methods for the determination of the bioactivity of TNF-blocking monoclonal antibody therapeutics (mAbs). All three methods are suitable for lot release and stability testing. Learn more.

New Partnership with Batavia Announced

Through their combined service offerings, Charles River and Batavia are now able to provide a single point of contact, offering a seamless transition from cell line development through to cell banking, characterization and clinical scale manufacturing of recombinant proteins, mAbs, gene therapies and virus products. Learn more.

Hy Laboratories Ltd. Selected as New BPS Agent in Israel

Charles River Biopharmaceutical Services (BPS) is pleased to announce that Hy Laboratories Ltd. (Hylabs) has joined our team of worldwide agents. Hylabs will provide support for BPS clients located in Israel. Learn more.

Facility Highlight

Erkrath, Germany

Erkrath

Our facility in Erkrath, Germany, offers comprehensive GMP-compliant services for the quality control analysis of biopharmaceuticals.

Services include cell bank testing, characterization of final product, lot release testing, impurity testing, and stability studies, with a focus on cell-based bioassays for monoclonal antibody therapeutics and cytokines. Erkrath also specializes in developing innovative GMP PCR assays and provides clients with PCR-based genetic testing services (GTS) to manage genetically engineered animal colonies.

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BPS Resource Highlights

Regulatory Document Library

Charles River has compiled an online library of regulatory documents to help you navigate through the development and release process. We continually update our library as new guidance documents as they are released.

Click here to access our new online resource.