Manufacturing, Cell Therapies

Innovate UK has awarded a grant worth thousands to the Atelerix Consortium for the collaborative work with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult and Rexgenero on development of cell stabilization technology.

Pfizer is investing $500 million for the construction of a state-of-the-art gene therapy manufacturing facility in Sanford, NC.

The companies have entered into a manufacturing agreement for the production of Phase III clinical trial material.

The acquisition strengthens BioLife’s position as a supplier of disruptive, enabling solutions used for manufacturing, storage, and distribution of cell and gene therapies.

The facility will support gene therapy production and continued development of PTC’s pipeline of investigational medicines.

Personalized medicine and direct-to-patient trial models have made the difficult even more challenging.

Now that the first genetically modified cell therapies are being manufactured, the industry must move beyond “whatever works” to meet growing demand.

Biopharma industry faces production challenges as gene therapies move from clinical to commercialization.

Mass-produce cell and gene therapies presents the biopharma industry with a unique set of challenges.

Researchers in China are playing a role in advancing gene therapy development.

Catalent Biologics has entered into a long-term strategic agreement to develop and manufacture an AveXis gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Zolgensma. 

Werum IT Solutions will provide a standardized, scalable, and compliant platform to blood centers for the cell and gene therapy processes.

Amicus Therapeutics has entered into a strategic gene therapy development and manufacturing collaboration with Brammer Bio, which is a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

The commercialization of cell and gene therapies has become a reality, prompting deeper considerations of logistics, technology, and design for manufacturing facilities.

Recently released equipment and products include microbioreactor systems, cell therapy automation software, and IIoT-enabled flow sensors.

IVERIC bio and Catalent Biologics have entered into a strategic manufacturing agreement for gene therapy product candidates to treat orphan inherited retinal diseases.

The companies have signed a strategic multi-year manufacturing agreement for the future commercial production a late-phase investigational cell therapy.

The $10-million investment will include a 500-L single-use perfusion bioreactor and seven patented downstream processing units.

A new facility to be built in the Philadelphia Navy Yard will support commercial production for autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte cell therapy products from Iovance Biotherapeutics.

GE Healthcare launches Chronicle GMP-compliant automation software for cell therapy manufacturing.

Harvard University researchers used single-cell sequencing to identify a protein expressed uniquely by insulin-producing beta cells created from stem cells in the laboratory.

The Vaccine Development and Bioprocess Cell Culture Technology Day will take place on May 16, 2019 in Baltimore, MD.

In collaboration with Pall Corportion, biotech company Freeline completed the first full-scale run at its newly commissioned, GMP gene-therapy manufacturing facility in the UK.

A new facility in Frederick County, MD, will expand the company’s cell therapy manufacturing capabilities.

At INTERPHEX 2019, CEO Richard Johnson highlighted the importance of PDA’s new Asian business unit and outlined the organization’s plans. Data integrity guidance for manufacturing and quality systems will be published by the end of the year, as efforts move into big data and artificial intelligence.

Drug developers must understand the complex bioanalytical assays for cell- and gene-therapy drug development programs and ensure that partners have the specialized expertise needed for complex therapeutic classes.

Adding to an existing $115-million investment, the 700,000-ft2 site in Longmont, CO will expand AveXis’ gene-therapy manufacturing capacity.

Getting the science right helps biopharma startups overcome development and commercialization challenges.

NJII and Pall collaborate to address biomanufacturing technology and workforce development challenges.

Valitacell, Solentim, and Microcoat were awarded EUR 3.5 million (US$4 million) to produce an integrated platform to deposit, culture, profile, and select optimal cells for biologic drug manufacturing.