The insect cell/baculovirus expression system (IC-BEVS) has been at the forefront of biotechnologicalresearch, and has served as a tool to produce several human therapeutics such asCervavix ® (preventative vaccine against the human papilloma Virus), Flublok ® (preventativevaccine against seasonal influenza virus), Provenge ® (therapeutic treatment against prostatecancer) and Glybera ® (gene therapy treatment for lipoprotein lipase deficiency). IC-BEVS isan attractive alternative to mammalian cells for biomanufacturing as it offers advantages suchas easy adaptation to serum-free media, high levels of protein expression and post-translationalmodifications, and is appropriately scalable for manufacturing 2. Despite these advantages,the use of IC-BEVS to produce recombinant proteins can be costly and time-consuming.As the demand for new therapeutic increases, efficient, and robust methods to improvethe production and screening processes of recombinant proteins in this expression systemare necessary to respond to large-scale manufacturing needs. Research has shown that tailoredmedia supplementation and optimization is an efficient, and useful strategy to reachhigh density cultures and increase protein production in-vitro. Therefore, this project aimed toevaluate the effects of two macromolecules (glucose in high concentration, and glutathione)as potential cell culture additives or boosters to increase the production of therapeutic proteinsin the baculovirus/insect cell expression system. It was demonstrated that glutathioneaddition resulted in a more rapid, universal production of protein compared to minimal media,suggesting this to be a valuable addition to IC-BEVS media.