InVitria Showcases Cell Culture Productivity Enhancers at BioProcess International

For Immediate Release
9/11/08

Fort Collins, CO-InVitria (www.InVitria.com), a leading global supplier of animal free products that enhance productivity, safety and time to market for companies in the biopharmaceutical, cell culture, life science research and diagnostics industry, will be an exhibitor and presenter at the BioProcess International Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, California on September 23-26.
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"This is a major annual event for the bioprocessing industry and we will showcase the productivity improvements our customers have experienced by using our line of cell culture ingredients," said Brandy Sargent, InVitria Account Manager. "Two InVitria products-Cellastim and Lacromin-can replace bovine or human sources of albumin or transferrin and provide better productivity, enhanced safety and more consistent results. Our customers have asked for animal free products and products that improve their productivity. InVitria's products deliver on both."

About InVitria (www.InVitria.com)
InVitria has developed animal free cell culture ingredients that enhance productivity, safety and time to market for companies in the biopharmaceutical, cell culture, life science research and diagnostics industry. InVitria's animal free product line includes:

• Cellastim - Cellastim is an albumin used to replace bovine albumin and human albumin as a cell culture ingredient and biopharmaceutical formulation excipient. Cellastim is a recombinant protein and has been shown to improve mammalian cell culture productivity by up to 50% when compared with other forms of albumin. Cellastim also has been an effective component in stem cell media and primary cell media.
  (see www.Cellastim.com )
• Lacromin - Lacromin has been shown to replace bovine transferrin and human transferrin in cell culture media. In addition, Lacromin is a strong growth promotant as a cell culture ingredient in mammalian cell culture media. (see www.Lacromin.com )

• Lysobac - Lysobac is a bacterial cell lysis agent that is more efficient and more consistent compared to chicken lysozyme and provides higher protein yield compared with mechanical cell lysis. Lysobac is used in bacterial fermentation to improve recombinant protein yields.
  (see www.Lysobac.com )

For more information about the InVitria line of products, please e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 1-800-916-8311.