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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2004
Brigitte Ghislaine Louise Aerts, Rixensart, BE;
Yves Jules Maurice Ghislain, Rixensart, BE;
Marie-monique Jane Gonze, Rixensart, BE;
Isabelle Solange Lucie Knott, Rixensart, BE;
Carine Maggetto, Rixensart, BE;
Brigitte Ghislaine Louise Aerts, Rixensart, BE;
Yves Jules Maurice Ghislain, Rixensart, BE;
Marie-Monique Jane Gonze, Rixensart, BE;
Isabelle Solange Lucie Knott, Rixensart, BE;
Carine Maggetto, Rixensart, BE;
Glaxosmithkline Biologicals S.A., Rixensart, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for animal, preferably human, diploid anchorage-dependent cell culture, in the absence of exogenous components of primary animal origin, and to a cell culture medium substantially free of exogenous components of primary animal origin suitable for carrying out said process. In particular the invention concerns a cell culture medium which comprises at least one, more preferably several, exogenous animal-free growth factors. The present invention also relates to a process for cultivating animal, preferably human diploid anchorage-dependent cells in a medium according to the invention, involving the use of a trypsin substitute of non-animal origin for passaging cells. The invention further relates to a process for producing viruses, viral vaccines and the like.