Leaders in Serum-free Media and Cell Culture Media Optimization
InVitria, a division of Ventria Bioscience Inc., was founded with the goal of providing the biotechnology industry with innovative products to improve cell culture and biomanufacturing. InVitria allows customers to eliminate animal components from their cell-based processes. Removing these components helps improve consistency, safety, and efficiency. InVitria’s products are recombinant proteins that are manufactured in our manufacturing facility in Junction City, Kansas. These products have many uses across the life science industry including in regenerative medicine, cellular therapy, biomanufacturing, vaccines, diagnostics, and medical devices.
Animal components such as fetal bovine serum (FBS), human serum, and serum derived proteins like albumin, transferrin, insulin, and growth factors have been popular ingredients in many biological processes. However, in the 1990s scientists began searching for ways to remove serum and other animal
products due to concerns about product quality, safety, and animal stewardship. Animal products are undesirable because they pose a risk of transmitting infectious agents such as prions (Mad Cow Disease) and virus (HIV). In addition, animal components and blood derived products are undefined leading to high batch-to-batch variation. For these reasons, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), and other regulatory bodies discourage use of these animal components.
InVitria has developed and commercialized several recombinant proteins and cell culture media supplements and continues to develop components, media products, and growth factors leveraging its patented technology.