Due to the growing interest in integrated continuous processing in the biopharmaceutical industry, productivity comparison of batch-based and continuous processes is considered a challenge. Integrated continuous manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals requires scientists and engineers to collaborate effectively. Differing definitions, for example, of volumetric productivity, may cause confusion in this interdisciplinary field. Therefore, the aim of this communication is to reiterate the standard definitions and their underlying assumptions. Applying them to an exemplary model scenario allows to demonstrate the differences and to develop recommendations for the comparison of productivity of different upstream processes.

The reduction of antibody core‐fucosylation is known to enhance antibody‐dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). In this study, 5‐Thio‐l‐Fucose (ThioFuc) was investigated as a media and feed supplement for modulating the fucosylation profile of therapeutic proteins and, thereby, improving the resulting effector functions. Glycan analysis of five different therapeutic proteins produced by a diverse set of Chinese hamster ovary cell lines demonstrated a clone dependent impact of ThioFuc treatment. Using rituximab as a model, an efficient dose‐ and time‐dependent reduction of core‐fucosylation up to a minimum of 5% were obtained by ThioFuc. Besides a concomitant increase in the afucosylation level up to 48%, data also revealed up to 47% incorporation of ThioFuc in place of core‐fucosylation. In accordance with the glycan data, antibodies produced in the presence of ThioFuc revealed an enhanced FcγRIIIa binding up to 7.7‐fold. Furthermore, modified antibodies subjected to a cell‐based ADCC reporter bioassay proved to exert both a 1.5‐fold enhanced ADCC efficacy and 2.6‐fold enhancement in potency in comparison to their native counterparts—both of which contribute to an improvement in the ADCC activity. In conclusion, ThioFuc is a potent fucose derivative with potential applications in drug development processes.

The distinction between disputes of sea boundary delimitation and disputes over the existence of maritime entitlements was one key element of the legal argument that the Philippines brought forward against China in the Philippines v. China Arbitration. On the one hand, the distinction between delimitation and entitlement allowed the Tribunal to establish its jurisdiction on several Philippine submissions despite the jurisdictional exclusions of China's declaration under Article 298(1)(a)(i) of the Law of the Sea Convention. On the other hand, the Tribunal's finding about the lack of China's entitlements has important consequences. China and a number of lawyers objected to the jurisdictional separability of entitlement and delimitation. The aim of this paper is to discuss the question of whether a tribunal can establish jurisdiction on the existence of maritime entitlements in a context where jurisdiction on boundary delimitation is excluded and where a determination of entitlements has consequences for boundary delimitation.

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The cover image is based on the Article Use of 5‐Thio‐L‐Fucose to modulate binding affinity of therapeutic proteins by Martina Zimmermann et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27695.