Total market share of biopharmaceuticals is estimated to increase from $33 billion now to more than $45 billion in 2007. These numbers are accounted for by the 64 products approved by European and US regulators and some of the 500 products currently under clinical evaluation. More than 2,000 products are in discovery and preclinical development. Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and recombinant glycoproteins constitute a major part of these new biotech leads. The estimated demands for MAbs alone are more than 6,000 kg per year in 2006. Currently, 16 MAbs are licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for pharmaceutical use and more than 130 are in clinical trials. This fast-growing class of biotherapeutics is expected to reach worldwide sales of more than $15 billion per year in 2008. In the coming years, mammalian cell culture technology will remain the production system of choice for MAbs and other recombinant glycoproteins. Therefore, efficient, cost-effective production systems need to be in place to meet the demands…