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. 2017 May 15;31(3):251–261. doi: 10.1007/s40259-017-0222-9

Table 3.

Overall viral reduction capacity of the IQYMUNE® manufacturing process

HIV-1 BVDV PRV SV-40 EMCV PPV
Model for HIV HCV Herpes DNA EV (HBV) Highly resistant NEV HAV Parvovirus B19
Step
 Caprylic acid fractionation ≥4.0 5.1 ≥5.0 NT ≥5.6 3.7
 S/D treatment ≥4.4 ≥5.4a ≥4.3 NA NA NA
 Anion-exchange chromatography NT NT NT NT 1.3 3.8
 20 nm nanofiltration ≥6.4b ≥6.4 ≥6.4b ≥4.8 ≥5.9 3.5
 Overall viral reduction capacity ≥14.8 ≥16.9 ≥15.7 ≥4.8c ≥12.8 11.0

BVDV bovine viral diarrhoea virus, EMCV encephalomyocarditis virus, EV enveloped virus, HAV hepatitis A virus, HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, HIV-1 human immunodeficiency virus type 1, NA not applicable, NEV non-enveloped virus, NT not tested, PPV porcine parvovirus, PRV pseudorabies virus, S/D solvent/detergent, SV-40 Simian virus 40

aValue from Sindbis virus (another model for HCV)

bEstimated reduction factor, based on the value measured for BVDV a smaller virus

cOnly one step evaluated