Patent 10988744 was granted and assigned to Alexion Pharmaceuticals on April, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The disclosure provides a method of producing recombinant alkaline phosphatase comprising: (i) culturing an alkaline phosphatase in a recombinant cell culture; (ii) obtaining a preparation of recombinant alkaline phosphatase from the cell culture; and (iii) minimizing in the preparation a concentration of at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of: Nickel (Ni), Cobalt (Co), Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn), Chromium (Cr), and Molybdenum (Mo).