New applications laboratory opens in South Korea

Avantor has recently opened a new life sciences research and applications laboratory in the GwangGyo district, Suwon, South Korea. Avantor is a global supplier of ultra-high purity materials for customers across the life sciences and advanced technologies sectors.

The new laboratory aims at helping biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical customers improve the efficiency of their purification processes. The main focus will on helping them optimize Avantor’s high-performance resins, buffers and other materials used in their production systems.

State-of-the-art life sciences research tools, expert scientists, application specialists and resources and accommodations will be a part of this specialized laboratory. There will be provision of on-site training for topics such as biopharmaceutical drug development, process validation and regulatory compliance.

Researchers at Avantor will collaborate on ways to use the company’s process chromatography media, buffers and salts to define the best conditions for the highest protein purity and protein yield.