Eshmuno® HCX - new high salt-tolerant multi-mode chromatography resin
Eshmuno® chromatography resins are a new and unique family of ion exchange resins that are designed specifically for highly productive downstream bioprocessing. The first members of the family, Eshmuno® S resin and Eshmuno® Q resin, are smart ion exchanger designed for fast and efficient purification of antibodies.
Eshmuno® HCX media, a perfect line extension to the existing Eshmuno® chromatography resin family, is the result of extensive investigation to address the developing needs of the industry of performing state-of-the-art chromatography steps in the manufacture of today’s approved biotherapeutics.
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Eshmuno® HCX: outstanding performance at higher salt concentration
Eshmuno® HCX media, the newest member of the innovative Eshmuno® resin product offering, is a smart mixed-mode resin, that couples the renowned tentacle structure with the new hydrophilic polyvinyl ether base matrix. As a result, Eshmuno® HCX media offers outstanding performance results at higher salt concentration in typical ion exchange and flow-through applications.
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| Both, static and dynamic testing methods demonstrate the wide range of operating conditions of Eshmuno® HCX media achieving high protein binding capacities at high salt levels. The open interconnected pore structure maintains rapid mass transfer, resulting in these higher dynamic capacities being achievable over a wide range of process conditions. | |
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| Eshmuno® HCX: media characteristics | |
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| Type of chromatography |
Multi-modal cation exchange chromatography |
| Functional group |
Sulfo carboxy and phenyl groups |
| Base matrix |
Surface grafted rigid polyvinyl ether hydrophilic polymer |
| Mean particle size (d50) |
75 - 95 μm |
| IgG Dynamic Capacity (pH 5.5, 5 min residence time, 100% breakthrough) |
≥ 50 mg/ml |
| Ionic capacity |
170-300 μeq/ml |
| Linear flow rate |
up to 1000 cm/h < 2.5 bar net pressure |
| pH stability |
pH 2 up to 12 |
| Pressure limit |
8 bar |
Eshmuno® HCX: rigid base beads for easy packing
The highly cross-linked hydrophilic polyvinyl derivative assures outstanding robustness compared to other bead-based technologies.
The spherical regular shape of the beads and its appropriate particle size distribution allows for easy packing and scale-up. Its open and regular pore system enables a good accessibility of the proteins to the ligand. The tentacles, forming a three-dimensional ion exchange network, are also supporting this superior accessibility.



