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K. Gadamasetti
Fig. 1.2 Crick’s adaptor hypothesis. The amino acid is covalently bound at the 3 end of a tRNA molecule and that a specic nucleotide triplet elsewhere in the tRNA interacts with a particular triplet codon in mRNA through hydrogen bonding of complementary bases [12]
1.3 Synergy Between Biologics andSmall Molecules
In nature, the small molecules interact with biological entities and vice versa to produce outstanding outcomes, manifestations ofwhich make it a signicant event. Among the following two examples, in the rst one, the small molecular amino acid is selected via a covalent binding to the tRNA, a biological unit (Fig.1.2). In the second example, the specic stereoselective chemical reaction takes place via bind­ing of the substrate racemic mixture of 1 as the starting material to the enzyme­specic strains, H. polymorpha SC 13865 and H. fabianii SC 13894, resulting in the transformation to the optically active single diastereomer 2, which constitutes the side chain of the cancer drug, Paclitaxel™ (Fig.1.3).
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Fig. 1.3 Enzymatic intervention in generating optically active small molecules. Synthesis of side chain via enzymatic reaction in anticancer drug, Paclitaxel™
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One can see, these manifestations (Fig.1.2) known as Crick’s adaptor hypothesis are represented in the DNA expression of the proteins where the amino acid build­ing block is selected via the covalent binding of the amino acid with the 3-end of a tRNA molecule and that a specic nucleotide triplet elsewhere in the tRNA interacts with a particular triplet codon in mRNA through hydrogen bonding of complemen­tary bases [12]. The particular amino acid sequence of a protein is constructed through the translation of information encoded in mRNA.This process is carried out by ribosomes.
In synthetic organic chemistry, myriads of examples are known to use enzyme­mediated reactions to create new chiral sites in the molecule. Although the synthetic routes and processes developed to produce drug candidate compounds rely mainly on conventional chemistry, the usage of enzyme-mediated intervention appeared prudent for the production of chiral (optically active) intermediates [13]. Amino acylation, hydrolysis, reductive amination, and reduction, all using enzyme­mediated reactions, were used at industrial scale for generating the optically active chiral intermediate molecules. One such example is shown below for the semi­synthesis (side chain of Paclitaxel™) of the anticancer drug Paclitaxel™ at Bristol­Myers Squibb (Fig.1.3).
1.3.1 Process Chemistry andBioprocessing
The process or the event of “making or breaking of a covalent bond” can be brought forward between two atoms resulting in creating molecules or a molecule, respec­tively, using a traditional chemical reaction or an enzyme-mediated intervention. Process chemistry is the term used for efciently carrying out the chemical transfor­mations and the series of steps involved to reproduce the reaction or a series of reactions.
Traditionally, process development chemistry involves devising efcient and commercially viable synthetic routes in building small molecules. This process can advance an anticipative drug candidate through the preclinical and clinical develop­ment timeline, establishing and transferring a commercial synthetic chemistry route to the manufacturing division, and contributing to the CMC section of the new drug
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application (NDA) submission. Biologics, on the other hand, are large molecules such as therapeutic proteins, fusion proteins, monoclonal antibodies, and vaccines. Most biologic medicines are developed using recombinant DNA technology. Bioprocessing involves the processing of biologic molecules through genetically engineering whole living cells to generate the protein. Unlike the chemical synthetic process used to produce small molecules, bioprocessing involves upstream process­ing (upfront) starting with living cells and downstream processing involving larger material handling and eventual purication of the nished biologic material.
The role of the process chemist has evolved not only to accommodate advance­ments in regulatory affairs and to improve business efciency but also to embrace at times the technical challenges to learn processes involving and understanding of synthetic biology and handling the biologics such as antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Interestingly, ADCs opened the door to productive interactions between chemists and biologists. The FDA treats and regulates ADCs as biologics rather than as conventional chemically synthesized drugs. ADCs, therefore, are approved through a Biologics License Application (BLA).
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1.3.2 Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs): AConjugation
ofSmall Molecules andBiomolecules
Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) combine the cytotoxic potential of chemothera­peutic drugs (e.g., doxorubicin, auristatins, calicheamicins, maytansines, and other drugs with sub-nano molar activities) with the specicity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) bridged via the chemical linkers (Fig.1.4). The site-specic conjugation of the cytotoxic drugs (e.g., doxorubicin, calicheamicin, auristatin, maytansine) involve specic cancer antigen targets (e.g., CD33, CD30, Her2) linking to the anti­body sites via cysteine S- or lysine N-bonding to the cytotoxic drug. The mecha­nism of action (MoA) encompasses internalization of ADC into cancer cell, the release of the cytotoxic drug in the cell, and apoptosis (cell death). Some examples of selected ADCs include Adcetris™ from Seattle Genetics; Kadcyla™ from Genentech-Roche; and Mylotarg™ and Besponsa™ from Pzer. A detailed discus­sion on the development of ADCs is presented in this volume in Chap. 12 by David Jackson and in Chap. 13 by the Pzer group of scientic teams that provide the detailed work of discovery, development, manufacturing, and the regulatory chal­lenges in launching Mylotarg™.
The author believes that the science and technology, as well as the develop­ment and manufacturing, involving process chemistry development tied to the development of specic monoclonal antibody for a successful ADC creation and the launching, embodies a genuine meaning of a “conjugation of small molecules with biomolecules.” ADC technology and development challenges created an
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Fig. 1.4 Site-specic homogenous ADCs
opportunity for the biologists, chemists, and bioengineers to come together to suc­cessfully launch the specic anticancer ADCs to alleviate the pain and suffering of humankind.
1.3.2.1 ADC Drugs
Three of the marketed ADCs are shown in Fig.1.5.

1.4 Top 25 Best-Selling Drugs

Drug sales hit records with the COVID-19 Comirnaty vaccine jointly developed by Pzer and BioNTech [10]. Table 1.2 lists the top 25 best-selling drugs based on 2021 sales.
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Fig. 1.5 Marketed ADCs, Adcetris™, Mylotarg™, and Kadcyla™. Cytotoxic warhead (in red) is connected to the mAb through the linker (in purple) via cystine S-bond or lysine N-bond, covalently
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1.5 Outline oftheContents oftheVolume
1.5.1 An Overview
The rst chapter of this volume opens with a general introduction, and the author’s perspective on synthetic biology, genetic mutations, and associated dis­eases. It attempts to give a general idea about the plot of the book, the purpose, the process, and the rational aspects behind putting the volume together. This chapter lists the top best-selling 25 drugs and also summarizes the outline of contents of the volume.
1.5.2 Synthetic Biology
In the overview, Gadamasetti in Chap. 1opens the discussion on the outline of syn­thetic biology, genetic alphabets and expanded alphabets, point mutations, and spe­cic examples of diseases related to mutations. Remarkably, the cure of sickle-cell therapy was through tweaking the specic genetic building block.
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Table 1.2 Top 25 best-selling drugs
2021 Sales (millions
# Drug name Manufacturer(s)
1 Comirnaty
Pzer/BioNTech $59,109.00 Reduce risk of COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine
2 Humira
AbbVie $20,694.00 Rheumatoid and psoriatic
(adalimumab)
USD) Indication(s)
infection
arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis
3 Spikevax
COVID- 19 vaccine
4 Keytruda
Moderna $17,675.00 Reduce risk of COVID-19
infection
Merck $17,186.00 Various cancers SM
(pembrolizumab)
5 Eliquis (apixaban) Bristol Myers
$16,732.00 Blood clots B
Squibb and Pzer
6 Revlimid
(lenalidomide)
Bristol Myers Squibb (Celgene)
$12,821.00 Myelodysplastic syndrome,
multiple myeloma, and mantle cell lymphoma
7 Imbruvica
(ibrutinib)
Pharmacyclics (AbbVie) and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)
$9777.00 Chronic lymphocytic
leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma with 17p deletion, Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia
8 Eylea (aibercept) Regeneron
pharmaceuticals, Bayer
$9244.00 Age-related macular
degeneration, macular edema, and diabetic retinopathy
9 Stelara
(ustekinumab)
10 Biktarvy
Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)
$9134.00 Plaque psoriasis and
psoriatic arthritis
Gilead Sciences $8624.00 HIV SM (bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide)
11 Xarelto
(rivaroxaban)
Janssen (Johnson
& Johnson)/Bayer
$8040.00 Reducing risk of stroke in
non-valvular atrial brillation, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, DVT prophylaxis following knee or hip replacement surgery
12 Opdivo (nivolumab) Bristol Myers
$7523.00 Various forms of cancer B
Squibb
13 Trulicity
Eli Lilly $6472.00 Type 2 diabetes B (dulaglutide)
14 Dupixent
(dupilumab)
Sano Genzyme,
Regeneron
pharmaceuticals
$6210.00 Atopic dermatitis, asthma,
chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
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SM/
a
B
B
SM
SM
SM
B
B
SM
B
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Table 1.2
# Drug name Manufacturer(s)
15 Darzalex
16 REGEN-COV
17 Trikafta/Kaftrio Vertex
18 Gardasil/Gardasil 9
19 Veklury
20 Ibrance
21 Januvia/Janumet
22 Prevnar family
23 Tagrisso
24 Cosentyx
25 Ocrevus
Taken from Top 50 Best Selling Drugs [10] B biologic drug, COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease-2019, DVT, HER2, HIV human immunode- ciency virus, HR, SM small molecule drug
a
It is interesting to note the signicance of biologic drugs (13 out of 25) in the top 25 best-selling
drugs from 2021.
(continued)
(daratumumab)
(Casirivimab/ imdevimab)
(human papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine)
(remdesivir)
(palbociclib)
(sitagliptin)
(pneumococcal vaccine)
(osimertinib)
(secukinumab)
(ocrelizumab)
2021 Sales (millions USD) Indication(s)
(Janssen) Johnson
& Johnson
Regeneron
pharmaceuticals,
Bayer
pharmaceuticals
Merck $5673.00 Various cancers caused by
Gilead Sciences $5565.00 COVID-19 requiring
Pzer $5437.00
Merck & Co. $5288.00 Type 2 diabetes SM
Pzer $5272.00 Pneumococcal vaccine B
AstraZeneca $5015.00 Non-small-cell lung
Novartis $4718.00 Plaque psoriasis, psoriatic
Roche $4622.00 Relapsing or primary
$6023.00 Multiple myeloma B
$5828.00 Reduce risk of COVID-19
infection
$5697.00 Cystic brosis SM
human papillomavirus
hospitalization HR-positive and HER2-
negative breast cancer
carcinomas
arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis
progressive multiple sclerosis
SM/ B
B
B
SM
SM
SM
B
B
a
1.5.2.1 Synthetic Biology inDrug Development andBeyond
In its simplest denition, Sato and Rife in Chap. 2 note that synthetic biology is the creation of new biological entities for useful purposes. By manipulating an organ­ism’s genome, synthetic biologists can produce novel proteins for a wide range of applications, from the biosynthesis of industrial chemicals to the discovery and optimization of biotherapeutics. The eld of synthetic biology has experienced a renaissance in recent years as technological advances have lowered the barrier to entry and increased the potential for innovation. Principal among these advances has been the development of highly precise and large-scale DNA synthesis platforms.
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1.5.3 Oligonucleotide Synthetic Chemistry toDNA Synthesis, Bioprocessing, andManufacturing
Outlined in this section are three chapters. In its simplest denition, Aaron Sato and Rebecca Nugent in Chap. 3 outline that creation of new biological entities dened by synthetic biology facilitates in manipulation for several useful purposes. By manipulating an organism’s genome, synthetic biologists can produce novel pro­teins for a wide range of applications, from the biosynthesis of industrial chemicals to the discovery and optimization of biotherapeutics. The chapter outlines the evolu­tion of gene synthesis starting with the humble beginnings of the oligonucleotide synthesis leading to gene synthesis, antibody synthesis, and the library creation.
In Chap. 4, Greg Hiller outlines the recent innovations and advances in cell cul­ture technology enabling process intensication in detailing the upstream process development, the limitations of fed-batch processes, the recent resurgence of inter­est in traditional “classical steady-state” perfusion in which viable cell density is held nearly constant, and the development of non-conventional “dynamic” perfu­sion processes in which viable cell density is allowed to peak and decline. Other process intensication methodologies such as N-1 perfusion for high-density pro­duction reactor inoculation are also examined.
Timothy Iskra’s Chap. 5 summarizes the implication of bispecic and trispecic antibodies on antibody process development paradigms. According to Iskra, in recent years the bispecic and trispecic (or multispecic) antibodies have become a large area of development for most companies, as the ability to bind two different antigens at a time opens new and unique therapeutic areas.
1.5.4 Process Engineering, Gene Therapy, andVaccine
Under this title, three chapters are clustered. Sharfstein and coworkers, in Chap. 6, review the basics of glycoprotein and glycosaminoglycans biosynthesis with par­ticular focus on the current understanding of how glycan structures are controlled invivo. The studies in which glycan structures for recombinant proteins and glycos­aminoglycans have been optimized by cell line metabolic engineering and biopro­cess manipulations are also reviewed. It is also noted that CRISPR has permitted exquisite editing of host cells, allowing tailored production of glycan structures, facilitating the production of biosimilars and bioengineered glycosaminoglycans as well as setting the stage for “biobetters” in which improved functionality is obtained by glycoengineering. Chapter 7 by Somanathan and coworkers at Pzer summa­rizes the host immune response activated by adeno-associated viral (AAV) gene therapy vectors and the approaches currently being pursued to mitigate immune recognition and activation. Kolodziej and coauthors, in Chap. 8, discuss the details of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine manufacturing processes in nding the solutions via making molecules to address the needs of eradicating the pandemic.
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1.5.5 Special Topics: CAR-T andCRISPR Technologies
andApplications
CAR-T and CRISPR technologies and the associated applications are addressed in Chaps. 9 and 10. In Chap. 9, the authors from Glaxo-Welcome Smith Kline (GSK) present a high-level overview of the general process for production of chimeric antigen receptor-engineered (CAR)-T cells. Also described are individual aspects of the workow that ae utilized to generate and administer CAR-T cell products including production of lentiviral vector, acquisition of lymphocyte starting mate­rial, cell activation, transduction and expansion, and formulation and product release. The authors give some historical background about various technologies and how they have been implemented in production, along with recent changes that have been made in academia and industry to optimize CAR-T cell production. Chapter 10 is a comprehensive guide to Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) gene editing and its applications in biotherapeutics. It begins with an introduction to CRISPR-Cas9 technology, examining its discovery and adaptation, mode of action, advantages over previous tools, derivatives of the original CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and gene editing methods. This is followed by a review of the applications of CRISPR technology in biotherapeutics, including both gene therapies and gene-edited cell therapies, for the treatment of three disease categories: genetic disorders, infectious diseases, and cancer. The nal section delves into the future of CRISPR therapeutics, including nascent applications, the industrialization and projected growth of the industry, safety and ethical consider­ations, and its transformative potential for human health.
1.5.6 Fusion Proteins, Antibody Drug Conjugates,
andProcess Chemistry
Stefan Schmidt from BioAtrium AG, focuses in Chap. 11 on fusion proteins engi­neered from two or more genes that code for separate proteins joined by genetic techniques. The result is a single polypeptide sharing functional properties of both parent proteins. Fusion proteins belong to the class of next-generation therapeutics as they are designed exclusively through human creativity and are not evolved from a natural process. Very often they represent the so called “biobetters,” molecules with improved functionalities.
The subsequent two chapters are dedicated to ADCs. In Chap. 12, David Jackson summarizes the history of currently approved ADCs with emphasis on the chal­lenges that were overcome during development and thenew technologies that likely hadcontributed to their success. The safety and efcacy of each ADC are also dis­cussed from a critical but honest perspective. The author’s intention in writing this chapter is to encourage readers to educate themselves about the real benets and risk of ADC therapeutics so that informed decisions can be made by cancer patients
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in collaboration with their doctors. And in Chap. 13, the team from Pzer discusses the development and the challenges of the journey to FDA reapproval and broad international approval process of the ADC, Mylotarg™.
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1.5.7 Biopharmaceutical Informatics andAnalytics
Chapter 14 from Sandeep Kumar and coworkers at Boehringer Ingelheim provides a comprehensive overview of strategic vision of closer collaboration between drug discovery and development functions of biopharmaceutical industry by integrating the considerations of developability during early stages of drug discovery. Computational tools already available to enable Biopharmaceutical Informatics are reviewed in this work. While the focus is on monoclonal antibody-based biologics, the concepts discussed in this work are also applicable to novel formats such as multispecic biologics. Advanced data analytics (ADA) application in biomanufac­turing processes is outlined in Chap. 15 by Jun Luo and coauthors from Genentech­Roche. The authors believe that using ADA may elucidate previously undetected relationships between process inputs and outputs, which holds promise as an addi­tional tool to augment traditional design of experiments (DoE) as a means to gain actionable insights, on process and product knowledge.
1.5.8 Biopharmaceutical Regulatory CMC
Two chapters are presented in this volume dedicated to regulatory chemistry, manu­facturing, and control (CMC) of biopharmaceuticals. Richard Pelt from Pzer out­lines the overview of complexities of global regulatory CMC aspects in Chap. 16. Noted in the overview is the evolution of the technologies within the biopharmaceu­tical industry and relating to the global CMC regulatory environment for regulatory approvals to benet the patients. In Chap. 17, Ding and Marino describe the mono­clonal antibody (mAb) continuous bioprocess (CBP) from design, implementation to manufacturing based on the scientic understanding of mAb physicochemical properties, proven bioprocessing principles, available technologies, CMC consider­ations, current industrial practices, regulatory guidelines, challenges, potential solu­tions, and future perspectives.
1.5.9 Technology Transfer
Hughes and Brady from Bristol-Myers Squibb, in Chap. 18, describe in detail the advancements in technical transfer of biologics. According to the authors, technol­ogy transfer of the manufacturing process and associated analytical methods is a