Newsletter | October 28, 2025

10.28.25 -- Cell & Gene Therapy Outsourcing's New Paradigm

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Know Your Product, Know Your Path: A Primer On Advanced Therapy Development

To prevent path-to-market setbacks, it is critical to develop a Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls strategy that proactively identifies scientific and compliance gaps, as well as mitigates risk.

Early Characterization Studies For Assessing Advanced Therapeutic Potency

Early product characterization can serve to uncover crucial information about an advanced therapeutic candidate, affording new insight into its CQAs and helping to shape better analytical assays.

Safely Navigating The Transition From MDD To MDR

If devices are integral to positive patient outcomes, device partners must play an integral role to ensure regulatory compliance is achieved in the most effective way.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Cell & Gene Therapy Outsourcing's New Paradigm

The industry has flipped from scarcity to surplus, and sponsors now have leverage to set terms, not take numbers.

Should We Refocus On The Product, Then Engineer The Process?

Logic behind the "process is the product" refrain collapses when you accept that starting material is non-uniform by design. These experts want to rethink a tired cliche.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Improving Viral Vector Production Through Addressing Complexity

In this presentation, our cell and gene experts explore innovations in viral vector manufacturing, production challenges, quality control strategies, and tech transfers.

Securing A Treatment Through Grit And Collaboration

Discover how one family defied the odds — bringing a lifesaving gene therapy from idea to treatment in just 14 months after a devastating rare disease diagnosis.

The Power Of Integrated Distribution Strategies

Watch as speakers discuss the critical importance of integrated distribution strategies in successfully commercializing cell and gene therapies, also sharing insights on distribution partnerships.

Complexities And Pitfalls Associated With cGMP Tissue Sourcing

Review the elements of a complex process, prone to misconceptions and pitfalls, to find the “right human tissue” that will yield the desired cell quality and quantity and pass BLA approval.

Early-Stage Choices That Shape Cell Therapy Commercial Viability

Plan early and align research, development, and commercial priorities to ensure a seamless transition from clinical development to scalable, cost-efficient commercialization.

CRISPR System Enables CNS Biodistribution, mHTT Protein Reduction

Uncover how a diverse collection of RNA-guided nucleases, base editors, and reverse transcriptase editors with unique PAM recognition sequences can enable flexible and precise genome editing.

Method Qualification Of Mass Photometry For Capsid Ratios

Leverage mass photometry to quickly and accurately monitor the full-to-empty ratio of rAAV samples, ensuring consistent product quality and enhanced safety and efficacy in gene therapy applications.

The Evolution Of AAV Production: Scaling Through Nature Instead Of Brute Force

This study evaluates the performance and productivity of VintaProcess in addressing the persistent manufacturing challenges in AAV gene therapy production.

Addressing Complex Challenges And Developing Innovative Solutions

Explore two projects that a focus on improving efficiency and productivity in biopharmaceutical manufacturing while reducing the cost of goods through process intensification.

Pioneering Affordable CAR-T Cell Therapies In India

CAR-T cell therapy is poised to transform cancer care in India, with new initiatives aiming to make this breakthrough treatment both clinically feasible and financially accessible.

Single-Use Innovation For The Future Of Therapeutic Manufacturing

Gain insight into these end-to-end plasmid DNA solutions, leveraging robust cGMP-compliant processes and single-use manufacturing platforms to accelerate your cell and gene therapy programs.

SOLUTIONS

Capabilities Update April 2025: Fill/Finish

Senior Key Account Manager, Dr. Jürgen Lübbehusen, highlights IDT Biologika´s overall fill-finish capabilities and capacities, with a focus on our ability to help meet your complex needs.

OPCU April 2025: Cell & Gene Therapy

Witness how an intensified adherent AAV manufacturing process is unlocking high-yield, low-impurity clinical production with over 95% full capsids in a streamlined, compact platform.

Capabilities Update July 2025: Cell & Gene Therapy

As a leading CDMO in AAV manufacturing, Viralgen facilitates rapid transition to cGMP with a proven platform and an impeccable 100% IND success rate. Discover how Viralgen drives industry progress.

Complete Solutions For Every Step Of Pharmaceutical Development

By combining disruptive technology platforms with unparalleled genomic medicine development expertise, we're positioned to accelerate the development of LNP formulations and drug products.

Go Bigger, Stay On Target, And Develop The Cell Lines That Get The Job Done

Build the most relevant cell line for your studies with the ability to insert 20+ kb of DNA site specifically, in single copy, and at efficiencies approaching 100% after selection.

Translating Groundbreaking Research Into Life-Changing Therapies

Our flexible partnership models empower you to scale efficiently and confidently — whether advancing a single molecule or managing a complex portfolio of therapeutic candidates.

OUTSOURCED PHARMA CAPACITY UPDATE

Find Your New CDMO At Outsourced Pharma Capacity Update

CDMOs in biologics, cell and gene, and small molecule share their capabilities and available capacities. See for yourself why this virtual event has become a wildly popular resource to identify options for your development and manufacturing needs.

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