Merck KGaA at ESGCT 2026

Oct 27–30, 2026 Hamburg, Germany ~2.5k attendees Website

Merck KGaA brings 12 presentations to ESGCT 2026 in Hamburg. Its contributions centre on producing and purifying AAV and lentiviral vectors at scale, including membrane chromatography capture and affinity steps. A second strand covers analytical methods that characterise vector proteins, particle quality and potency.

OrganizationESGCT 2026 Attendance
Merck KGaA
Darmstadt, Germany
Tools & reagents
Science and technology group whose life science business supplies bioprocessing products, testing services and contract manufacturing for viral vectors.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
A scalable platform solution for AAV production from 3 L to 1000 L scale
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Cation-Exchange Membrane Chromatography as a Non-Affinity Capture Strategy for Recombinant AAV
Manufacturing
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Characterization of viral proteins in adeno-associated virus for gene therapy using Capillary Electrophoresis (CE)
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Evaluation of an upstream platform for efficient lentiviral vector manufacturing
Manufacturing
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Fast and reliable PAT-Raman model establishment for upstream monitoring of AAV production
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
From Bench to Pilot: Leveraging Platform Approaches for Seamless Scale-up of AAV Production
Manufacturing
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Structure-Activity-Relationship (SAR) study to characterize the cause of the thermo-induced potency reduction of adeno-associated virus for gene therapy
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Viral vector characterization using field-flow fractionation coupled with multi-angle light scattering and dynamic light scattering (FFF-MALS-DLS)
Other
Manufacturing, CMC and access
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Identifying and overcoming process and titer variability during HEK293 AAV production
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Intensified AAV9 purification using novel, highly selective, caustic stable affinity capture
Manufacturing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Optimization of baculovirus expression vector system to produce AAV8 in Sf9 derived insect cells
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) as part of your potency assurance strategy for AAVs.
AAVs / non integrative vectors

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