| abstract |
The invention provides a biopharmaceutical formulation including an aqueous solution having a propionate buffer with a pH from about 4.0 to about 6.0, at least one excipient and an effective amount of a therapeutic polypeptide. The propionate buffer can include a concentration selected from between about 1-50 mM, 2-30 mM, 3-20 mM, 4-10 mM and 5-8 mM. The therapeutic polypeptide included in a biopharmaceutical formulation of the invention can include an antibody, Fd, Fv, Fab, F(ab′), F(ab) 2 , F(ab′) 2 , single chain Fv (scFv), chimeric antibodies, diabodies, triabodies, tetrabodies, minibody, peptibody, hormone, growth factor or cell signaling molecule. The invention also provides a method of preparing a biopharmaceutical formulation. The method includes combining an aqueous solution having a propionate buffer with a pH from about 4.0 to about 6.0 and at least one excipient with an effective amount of a therapeutic polypeptide. |