Officials at Ecolab Life Sciences report that the company is expanding its bioprocessing business with the launch of a new bioprocessing applications lab (BPAL) in Dongtan, Korea. They say the goal is to provide biopharmaceutical manufacturers across Asia with better local access to downstream process development support.

The site is Ecolab’s first bioprocessing facility in Asia and joins an established applications network in the U.S. and U.K.

BPAL Korea supports process development from early-stage resin screening through studies designed to replicate commercial manufacturing conditions, according to Jenny Tan, vice president and general manager, Ecolab Life Sciences APAC and India. On-site scientists work alongside customers across Asia to help optimize chromatography steps, improve yield and productivity, and accelerate regulatory pathways, with the aim of reducing the need to ship resins and reference materials overseas for development work, she continues.

Asia has become one of the world’s most active biopharmaceutical manufacturing regions, with Korea, China, Japan, India, and Singapore all home to growing pipelines in biosimilars and monoclonal antibody processes that scalable downstream purification. With local technical support now in place, manufacturers across the region can shorten development cycles and maintain consistency with global operations while working to tight regulatory and cost targets, continues Tan.

“Biopharmaceutical manufacturers across Asia are under increasing pressure to scale with speed while meeting demanding regulatory and performance expectations,” she explains. “BPAL Korea strengthens our ability to work side by side with customers, bringing local expertise together with Ecolab’s global, integrated bioprocessing network.”

By combining local scientific support with Ecolab’s innovative Purolite resin portfolio, Ecolab’s new BPAL was created to help enable manufacturers to address process challenges earlier, reduce development risk, and advance programs with greater confidence as they prepare for scaleup, says Tan.

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