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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1991
Gerhard Bodo, Vienna, AT;
Ingrid Maurer-Fogy, Vienna, AT;
Edgar Falkner, Vienna, AT;
Silvia J Lindner, Perchtoldsdorf, AT;
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
A process for the preparation and purification of recombinant Interferon-.alpha. is disclosed. The invention is directed to a process comprising the following steps: cultivating E. coli containing the interferon gene for a growth period during which not more than 5% methionine-interferon is formed; extracting and concentrating the expressed interferon; subjecting the preliminarily purified material to Tandem Chromatography, wherein the Tandem Chromatography comprises separation on a cellulose column followed by an anti-alpha-interferon monoclonal antibody affinity column; subjecting the thus purified material to isoelectric precipitation of impurities at about pH 4.0 to about pH 4.8; and purifying the interferon by chromatography on a high performance cation exchange column using a volatile buffer, wherein the purified interferon is non-immunogenic when administered parenterally to a human.