Archive for the ‘Technologies’ Category

SAFC Offers Insight into ADCs for the Present and the Future

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

SAFC is just a few days away from arriving in New Orleans for Informex 2012. As an exhibitor and sponsor of the Informex Networking Lounge, SAFC will have various members of the executive and sales team onsite to discuss SAFC capabilities and technologies. In particular, SAFC will be available to discuss their capabilities surrounding the creation of antibody – drug conjugates (ADCs) which have recently received a lot of press as they become more relevant to the chemical and pharma industry.

Because of their potency, ADCs require a different level of manufacturing capabilities, and SAFC is one of a handful of companies that has made large investments in GMP manufacturing capabilities for antibody – drug conjugates. Here, SAFC Process Development Manager, Michael Bienkowski, talks to us about the ADC market and future prospects for SAFC in this area.

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SAFC Featured in the Informex 2012 Blog

Friday, January 27th, 2012

SAFC Marketing Manager, Nick Johnson, talks about what SAFC is bringing to the “Big Easy” in 2012 and why Informex is a key annual event for SAFC. Please click here to read the full blog.

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Nick Johnson Reflects on what Winning the EOA’s “Most Innovative Partnership” Award Means to SAFC

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Launched in 2005, the European Outsourcing Awards is a gala dinner event that celebrates outsourcing excellence in the pharmaceutical community. The annual event rewards successful companies for their innovation, dedication, application and excellence throughout bio and pharmaceutical outsourcing and wider business communities globally.

At this year’s event, hosted during the global pharma exhibition, CPhI Worldwide, ICSE, P-MEC Europe and InnoPack, the EOA Gala Dinner took place at the Frankfurt Marriott Hotel. On October 25th, 2010 over 250 attendees represented more than 80 global companies to recognize their outstanding contribution to new and significant developments in contract services. CPhI exhibitor, SAFC, was there that evening and took home the award for the Most Innovative Partnership with Oncolytics Biotech, Inc. Here, Nick Johnson, Strategic Marketing Manager of SAFC discusses the partnership, the award, and what it all means to SAFC and Oncolytics.

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LIVE from CPhI Worldwide: SAFC Announces Safebridge Certification for the Verona, WI Facility

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Manufacturing Chemist offers a view from the world’s largest pharmaceutical exhibition as SAFC announces Safebridge Certification for the Verona, Wisconsin facility that specializes in High Potency API manufacture (HPAPI).

Read the full story by clicking here.

SAFC Ends October with Presence at the World ADC Summit, CPhI Worldwide and BPI International!

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

The end of October marks a busy time for SAFC, as this week it kicks off the company’s presence at shows across the globe, with CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt, the ADC Summit in San Francisco and the BioProcess International event in Long Beach.

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in-Pharmatechnologist Offers a Round-Up of the Recent SAFC Glasgow Events

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

In this video, reporter Natalie Morrison provides an overview of the messaging at the recent SAFC Glasgow Events with exclusive interviews from Dr. Grant Boldt, Director of Business Development and Archie Cullen, Vice President, Global Sales. To read the story and view the video, please click here.

Producing KLH for Vaccine Use: SAFC’s Dave Backer Discusses the Strategic Marketing and Sales Agreement With Stellar Biotechnologies

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Dave Backer, SAFC Director Marketing and Business Development

SAFC recently signed a deal with California Company Stellar Biotechnologies to provide a reliable source of keyhole limpet hemocyanin, or KLH, extracted from aquacultured limpets. Dave Backer, Director of Marketing and Business Development at SAFC in Carlsbad, explains the background to the deal, and what SAFC is doing with the KLH supplied by Stellar.

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