Profilnine Description

Factor IX complex, Profilnine, is a solvent detergent treated, nanofiltered, sterile, lyophilized concentrate of coagulation factors IX, II, X, and low levels of factor VII. The factor II content is not more than (NMT) 150 units* per 100 factor IX units, the factor X content is NMT 100 units per 100 factor IX units, and the factor VII content is NMT 35 units per 100 factor IX units. Profilnine is intended for intravenous administration only. Each vial is a single dose container and is labeled with the factor IX potency expressed in international units. Profilnine does not contain heparin and contains no preservatives. Profilnine contains few, if any, activated factors based on results from the non-activated partial thromboplastin time (NAPTT) test.
Profilnine is prepared from pooled human plasma and purified by diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) cellulose adsorption. The risk of transmission of infective agents by Profilnine has been substantially reduced by donor selection procedures and virus screening of individual donations and plasma pools by serological and nucleic acid testing. In addition, specific, effective virus elimination steps such as nanofiltration and solvent/detergent (tri-n-butyl phosphate/TNBP) treatment4 have been incorporated into the Profilnine manufacturing process. Additional removal of some viruses occurs during the DEAE cellulose product purification step.
The ability of the manufacturing process to eliminate virus from Profilnine was evaluated in the laboratory by intentionally adding virus to product just prior to the elimination step and monitoring virus removal. The table shows the amounts of virus that can be removed by solvent detergent treatment, nanofiltration and purification by DEAE chromatography when vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), human immunodeficiency virus-1 and 2 (HIV-1, HIV-2), parvo virus, West Nile virus (WNV), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), hepatitis A virus (HAV) and pseudorabies virus (PRV) were evaluated in these virus spiking studies. The results indicate that the solvent detergent treatment step effectively inactivates enveloped viruses and the nanofiltration step effectively removes both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses.
* Unit refers to International Unit in the labeling of Profilnine. (See table.)

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