Avid Bioservices, Inc. Presents Data from Manufacturing Successes Achieved with Single-Use Bioreactor Systems

TUSTIN, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Avid Bioservices, Inc. today presented data highlighting the comparability of production run performance between the company's single-use bioreactors (Thermo Scientific HyClone S.U.B.) and its traditional stainless steel bioreactors at the Thermo Scientific BioProduction Optimization Workshop in San Francisco, California. The presentation included cell culture performance data comparing multiple stainless steel and S.U.B. production runs at the 1000-liter scale in the company's cGMP manufacturing facility in Tustin, CA.

About the Thermo Scientific HyClone S.U.B.

The Thermo Scientific HyClone S.U.B. consists of a reusable stainless steel outer support container and S.U.B. BioProcess Container (BPC(R)) that integrates with existing bioreactor control systems, providing the advantages of single-use bioprocessing without having to install a complete new bioreactor system. The retrofit product replaces the stainless steel bioreactor vessel in existing bioreactor systems, making it a flexible, rapid and economic option to increase bioreactor capacity.

Avid Bioservices is a wholly owned subsidiary of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc.

CONTACT: Chris Eso, Vice President, Business Operations of Avid
Bioservices, Inc., +1-714-508-6190, or Media, Barbara Lindheim of
GendeLLindheim BioCom Partners, +1-212-918-4650 for Avid Bioservices, Inc.

Web site: http://www.avidbio.com/

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