To provide a method for producing an active constituent of a pharmaceutical or a diagnostic agent.
The invention relates to the method for producing the active constituent of a pharmaceutical or a diagnostic agent, whereby (a) MDCK cells are infected with a virus, and (b) the MDCK cells are cultivated in a suspension culture on a commercial scale and under conditions which enable viruses to proliferate, the cultivation being carried out in a volume of at least 30 L. The invention also relates to methods for producing a pharmaceutical or a diagnostic agent, whereby an active constituent is produced according to one of the methods and is mixed with a suitable adjuvant, auxiliary agent, buffer solution, diluting agent or pharmaceutical carrier.
FRECH CHRISTIAN
LUEBBEN HOLGER
GREGERSEN JENS-PETER
Takaaki Yasumura
Natsuki Morishita