Performance characteristics of mammalian cell culture process operating continuously with protein-free medium.

In this communication we briefly describe a continuous industrial process for the production of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA), operating with a standard, basal medium (DME/F12). Process data of two culture runs has been chosen to present a performance profile over a production period of more than 3 mo. Developmental aspects of glucose utilization (as a process parameter) are briefly discussed.