For nearly 50 years, NEB has been a world leader in the discovery and production of reagents for the life science industry. Decades of experience in practicing molecular biology has led to the design and manufacture of a broad product portfolio that has the potential to touch almost every stage of today’s biotechnology and therapeutic discovery and development process. Our commitment to product quality and stringent quality control practices means you can be confident our products will work for your application.

To better serve the needs of customers in regulated markets, in 2018 NEB opened a state-of-the-art 43,000 sq. ft. production facility in Rowley, MA for the manufacture of GMP-grade* products – approximately 15 minutes from our main campus in Ipswich, MA. This purpose-built facility includes Quality Control and Production functions ranging from a shipping/receiving area and dedicated warehouse, to separate inoculation preparation, fermentation, purification and fill suites.


Understanding your needs and minimizing risk

NEB's expertise in enzyme manufacturing positions us to best anticipate your needs and minimize the risk of transferring manufacture of your development materials to our GMP-grade production facility. The product attributes that differentiate NEB’s GMP-grade products include:

  • Bioburden and/or endotoxin specifications on products
  • Certified animal-free origin and manufacturing process
  • Qualified equipment, utilities, QC test methods and controlled manufacturing processes to deliver the highest levels of lot-to-lot consistency

NEB’s GMP-grade products are produced in compliance with the ISO 13485:2016 Quality Management Standard, and are also in line with many of the principles defined in U.S. 21 CFR 820 “Quality System Regulation” – Medical Devices.


Not sure whether you need research-grade (RUO) or GMP-grade products?

We are happy to work with you to assess your needs to help identify which solution will work best for you. Our RUO products are highly pure and undergo stringent quality controls, and in many cases, will satisfy your needs. Our GMP-grade products are NEB’s highest quality grade product and are available for your further processing. The table below highlights our capabilities for both RUO and GMP-grade products.

    RUO
GMP 
mRNA PRODUCTION
mRNA 
Ability to produce gram to kilogram quantities of mRNA    check 
Support production of commercially approved mRNA product(s)    check
Comparability reports supporting migration from RUO to GMP-grade products for clinical production    check
PRODUCT
CUSTOMIZATION

Product Customization 
Examples include but are not limited to:
High-concentration enzymes, formulation, packaging and fill size 

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Contact our Customized
Solutions Team to discuss
 

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Contact our Customized
Solutions Team to discuss

INFRASTRUCTURE 
Animal-free facility       check
Validation programs in place based on risk assessments check  check
Expanded validation requirements for facility/utilities/process equipment for GMP-grade   check 
ISO 8 Clean Rooms ISO 5 Filling Hoods   check
Multiple production sites for business continuity   check  check
MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES
 
Ampicillin-free processes  Contact our Customized
Solutions Team to discuss

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Animal-free processes and final formulation Contact our Customized
Solutions Team to discuss

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Characterized master cell banks
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PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES/ TESTING

Comprehensive panel of product contamination assays performed    check
check
Validated assays with quantitative results
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Compendial assays applied to all products, including bioburden and endotoxin levels, where applicable.   check
TSE/BSE statements
  check
Animal-free raw materials, processes and formulation
Contact our Customized
Solutions Team to discuss

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QA & REGULATORY QA

ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified check  check 
Batch history files/batch history records
check   check
Consolidated batch history file/batch records and defined critical quality attributes and critical process parameters and QA reviews
  check 
Change management and lot disposition by Quality Unit   check
check 
Regulatory support package including but not limited to the following risk statements – melamine, antibiotic, mutagenic and elemental impurities, nitrosamine and residual solvents   check
Validated shipping configurations   check  check 

SUPPORTED APPLICATIONS
Uses

  Research use or preclinical applications For further processing in clinical or commercial cGMP applications


 
* "GMP-grade" is a branding term NEB uses to describe products manufactured or finished at NEB’s Rowley facility. The Rowley facility was designed to manufacture products under more rigorous infrastructure and process controls to achieve more stringent product specifications and customer requirements. Products manufactured at NEB’s Rowley facility are manufactured in compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 quality management system standards. However, at this time, NEB does not manufacture or sell products known as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), nor does NEB manufacture its products in compliance with all of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations.

Products and content are covered by one or more patents, trademarks and/or copyrights owned or controlled by New England Biolabs, Inc (NEB). The use of trademark symbols does not necessarily indicate that the name is trademarked in the country where it is being read; it indicates where the content was originally developed. See www.neb.com/trademarks. The use of products may require the buyer to obtain additional third-party intellectual property rights for certain applications. For more information, please email busdev@neb.com.

Product portfolio

NEB manufactures and inventories a variety of enzymes at GMP-grade, meeting customer needs with short lead times. Learn more about our GMP-grade products.

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GMP-grade products for Nucleic Acid Therapeutic Manufacturing – Our highest quality products for manufacturing and testing nucleic acid therapeutics

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GMP-grade IVT products – Our highest quality products for the synthesis of  RNA from template to transcript

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