Ensure comprehensive product analysis with Frontage’s team of experienced analytical scientists. We specialize in analytical method development, validation and transfer for product development and clinical trial materials (CTM) manufacturing support, as well as commercial product release and stability testing. Our services are designed to help sponsors throughout the drug development process in their effort to fully characterize drug substances, developmental formulations and commercial drug products.

Due to their size, nature, and biological origin, biologics or biopharmaceuticals are inherently complex in terms of quality attributes. Establishing and monitoring the quality attributes of a biologics is essential to ensure its efficacy and safety. Frontage offers the technical expertise and state-of-the-art instrumentation necessary for biologics characterization and analytical method development/validation. The biopharmaceuticals Frontage has supported include polysaccharides, fusion proteins, monoclonal antibodies, antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), vaccines, and gene therapy products.

The biological activity of biopharmaceutical compounds (such as peptides, monoclonal antibodies, growth factors, and cytokines) has a direct bearing on their potency, which is a critical quality
attribute and a representation of efficacy. For biopharma companies,
measuring a cell’s bioactivity is important when:
• Screening compounds to develop the lead candidate;
• Validating potency when applying for regulatory approval;
• Confirming that the biological characteristics of the productremain consistent throughout the development cycle andfrom lot-to-lot, or site-to-site;
• Controlling for a compound’s quality prior to productrelease (either for a clinical trial or commercialization);
• Testing for stability; and
• Demonstrating biosimilarity between a biosimilar and theoriginator compound.