Newsletter | June 23, 2026

06.23.26 -- AI Stuck Upstream? It Still Influences Manufacturing Outsourcing

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Built‑In Quality For Audit‑Ready Manufacturing

Pre‑approval inspection readiness requires embedding quality, traceability, contamination control, and robust analytical and documentation practices into everyday cell therapy manufacturing.

Improving LVV And AAV Yield Through Cargo Gene Silencing

Silencing cargo gene expression during LVV and AAV production improves cell health, reduces impurities, and significantly increases vector yield for cytotoxic and difficult‑to‑manufacture transgenes.

Accelerated Yield Optimization Of Affinity Capture

High‑throughput affinity screening shows how buffer and pH optimization can boost AAV5 recovery, enabling faster, more reliable downstream process development for challenging serotypes.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

AI Stuck Upstream? It Still Influences Manufacturing Outsourcing

AI may help run and optimize bioreactors at your CDMO. There is pervasive pressure to move manual (and reactive) control to AI-autonomous (predictive systems). You may already select your CDMO partially based on its systematic utilization of AI in its facilities. But at this moment of transition, while the odds are high AI may not fully reside in the manufacturing plant today, it increasingly shapes the decisions determining what and how programs get to that plant.

FDA's Guidance On Cell And Gene CMC Codifies Flexibility

The final guidance articulates common practices around validation, stability data, and reserve samples that, up until now, had been applied on a case-by-case basis.

In Palm Beach The Focus Is On Biotech (Not President Trump)

“When I came to Florida,” James Sapirstein says, “I was leaving New Jersey because of tax reasons.” That was 2018. Timing is everything, they say. Sapirstein’s relocation placed him ahead of a broadening and intensifying migration trend – including he believes, a new biotechnology settlement. This is not news to readers – Miami alone seems perennially in the headlines. “Economics drives investors,” Sapirstein says, and Sapirstein is committed spearheading “a new kind of biotech cluster."

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Where Sourcing Meets Science: Smarter Collaboration, Better Outcomes

See how collaboration-driven raw material control reduces variability, improves cell culture performance, and delivers measurable cost and productivity gains in biotherapeutic manufacturing.

Enhancing AAV Production Performance And Economics

Enzymatically produced dbDNA offers safer, faster, and more scalable AAV manufacturing by reducing costs, improving full capsid yields, and enabling high‑fidelity, bacteria‑free DNA production.

Antibody Manufacturing Powered By Proven Biomanufacturing Excellence

A practical guide to resilient antibody manufacturing — scalable mammalian platforms, downstream efficiency, viral safety, and analytics — plus proven practices to reduce scale‑up risk..

AI For Faster, Smarter Gene Therapy Development And Manufacturing

Here, we highlight real-world applications of AI in gene therapy, providing case studies and addressing the challenges and prerequisites for successful implementation.

Achieving Cell Therapy Success: Reducing Costs To Improve Patient Access

To ensure the commercial success of cell therapies, developers must adopt innovative manufacturing and QC technologies that reduce COGS while enhancing scalability, quality, and clinical outcomes.

What Are The Keys To Making Rare Disease Drug Development Sustainable?

This roundtable weaves together diverse perspectives, providing a multifaceted look at what it will take to create a sustainable path forward in rare disease drug development.

Choosing The Best mRNA Manufacturing Strategy

Choosing the right mRNA manufacturing model can define your success. Learn how to weigh control, cost, and flexibility to build a strategy that supports innovation and long-term growth.

Reducing Lead Time, Delivering >99.5% OTIF

Explore the stocking solution offered to a mid-sized CDMO in need of a high volume of safety stock inventory to support their customer portfolio growth.

SOLUTIONS

iPSC Drug Discovery Platform

Optimizing LVV Development

Speed, Precision, Impact: The CRO Revolutionizing Bioanalysis

Enhancing Analytical Strategies For mRNA And Viral Vectors

Connecting Manufacturers And Providers To The Services Needed

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