Biologics Drug Development Solutions - Abzena

Antibody-Drug Conjugate Manufacturing: Clinical through Commercial ADC CDMO Services

Partner with Abzena for end-to-end ADC success. Our integrated CDMO expertise - spanning antibodies, linkers, payloads, and bioconjugation drives breakthrough results from clinic to commercialization.

Accelerate your ADC program using our trusted expertise and integrated bioconjugation services.

Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are revolutionizing the future of medicine, offering new hope for patients with their remarkable treatment potential. But unlocking the full power of ADCs demands more than just expertise – it requires a passionate team of scientific innovators and state-of-the-art, cGMP manufacturing facilities to ensure safety and success at every stage. As the industry’s foremost ADC payload development and manufacturing experts, Abzena is ready to be your trusted partner, empowering you to advance your ADC program faster and with confidence.

ADCs are made up of three components: an antibody specific to the target associated antigen, a payload designed to kill target cancer cells, and a chemical linker to attach the payload to the antibody.

We have leading integrated development and manufacturing capabilities and proven expertise across all the ADC manufacturing components including ADC process development and ADC tech transfer.

Through our integrated ADC CDMO services including clinical through commercial manufacturing, we accelerate timelines, de-risk and reduce program complexity, simplify your program and focus our combined resources.

Clinical through Commercial ADC Manufacturing

We support the robust scaling of ADC clinical through to commercial manufacturing. We are dedicated to delivering excellence in quality, specializing in small molecule intermediates, including high-potency chemistry, payloads, linkers, and payload-linker chemical intermediates, as well as bioconjugation.

Our ADC and commercial bioconjugate manufacturing and process development facilities use unified, advanced technologies, ensuring efficient scale-up and minimizing risk for your commercial ADC program.

We ensure seamless ADC technology transfer and strict adherence to all product quality requirements.

ADC Manufacturing: Process, Challenges & Solutions

Bioconjugates, ADCs & Chemistry CRO+CDMO - Abzena

Successful ADC Manufacturing Process

Our scientific team have multiple decades of experience in the field of ADC production. We have robust and refined processes that have proven to accelerate customers programs and move ADCs forwards into clinical and commercial manufacturing.

We understand that ADC manufacturing is a complex multistep process which can be divided into three stages:

  • cGMP production of the antibody
  • cGMP synthesis of the drug-linker complex
  • Conjugation to form an ADC

The conjugated antibodies then undergo extensive purification to remove therapeutic impurities. These are finished as ADC products upon the completion of fill-finishing.

Overcoming ADC Manufacturing Challenges Earlier

Linker technologies are the linchpin of ADC development and manufacturing, directly influencing the safety and potency of every therapy. Conventional, first-generation linkers often fall short—limiting the true potential of your ADCs.

That’s why Abzena developed ThioBridge® – a next-generation ADC design and delivery platform engineered to break through the constraints of outdated technologies. Built on our unrivaled expertise in conjugation chemistry, ThioBridge® empowers you to develop safer, more effective ADCs.

Discover Abzena's ThioBridge® Conjugation Platform Solution

ThioBridge® is important for the advancement of ADCs. ThioBridge® provides several benefits for ADC development as it addresses issues commonly associated with traditional bioconjugation technologies by:

  • Creating a very stable and uniform DAR composition
  • Improving manufacturing efficiency through a high-yielding ADC platform with up to 80% single DAR species
  • Exhibiting a high degree of stability in serum and being less prone to losing its payload in the body before it gets to its target
  • Allowing for an extensive range of linker designs to optimize the stability, loading and function of the payload
  • Providing versatility in the range of different payloads with different functions that can be attached to antibodies

Leverage our unique interconnected capabilities for ADC payloads and overall end-to-end ADC expertise to avoid unnecessary white space, extra investment in expertise, assets, and additional infrastructure. Minimize your ADC manufacturing costs and risk with Abzena.

Let’s move medicine forward - Abzena

Let's work together to move your medicine forward.

We enable you to bring life-changing medicines to patients in need faster. Let’s talk and move medicine forward.