Newsletter | June 3, 2025

06.03.25 -- Is Early Automation The Key To Scalable Cell Therapy Manufacturing?

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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Overcoming Challenges: Optimize And De-Risk Your mRNA Product Manufacture

mRNA therapy and vaccine manufacturing can become complex and challenging when working with multiple CMOs. Partnering with an end-to-end CMO is key to overcoming manufacturing challenges.

Developing A Comprehensive Regulatory Approach For LNP Drugs

The path to regulatory approval for LNPs demands careful consideration. By adopting proactive and strategic approaches, developers can overcome regulatory hurdles on the path to approval.

Regional Site Managers: The Swiss Army Knife Of Clinical Trial Monitoring

The Regional Site Manager (RSM) monitoring model eliminates numerous clinical trial risks by leveraging efficient, start-to-finish site management by a single, expert point of contact.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Is Early Automation The Key To Scalable Cell Therapy Manufacturing?

By planning an automation strategy from the start, companies can better position themselves for success in a field where time-to-market, product quality, and cost can determine the viability of a therapy.

Pain And Pleasure In Project Management Of CDMOs

Tony Sampognaro of Stoke Therapeutics, says, “We're having to rearrange and bolster the constellation of CDMOs we're working with." The nice thing is, Stoke has a comprehensive extended enterprise model. Nonetheless, an all-outsourced model “can add hidden complexity." Here's how to manage that.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Maximize Starting Material Consistency

By implementing an efficient characterization strategy, researchers can enhance the consistency of allogeneic cell therapy starting material, ultimately leading to improved clinical outcomes.

Scalability And Productivity Of Transient Transfection AAV Production

By refining variables such as starting DNA, reagents, cell density, and media composition, organizations can improve rAAV process efficiency and scalability.

Master Cell Banks: Laying The Foundation To Final Product Success

Therapeutic developers can set themselves up for long-term success and ensure supply chain sustainability by investing in a high-quality master cell bank (MCB).

AAV Analytics: Key Considerations When Developing A Clinical Program

Finding partners with the necessary skills to optimize AAV processes is crucial for minimizing risk. Explore key considerations for advancing your therapy from concept to commercialization.

Leveraging Novel Analytical Approaches For Advanced Therapies

Review the advantages and limitations of transcriptional assays versus reporter gene assays and how the transcriptional assay compares to ddPCR and flow cytometry for analysis of CGTs.

Manufacturing Of A Broad Range Of AAV Capsids Using Our Suspension Platform

Yield and quality metrics vary significantly between AAV capsids, emphasizing the need for a modular manufacturing platform to address their unique requirements.

Scale-Up Allogeneic Cell Therapies To Large Patient Populations

Achieve your therapeutic and commercial goals by utilizing a tried-and-tested standardized approach combined with the latest technology and reliable analytics.

Working With An End-To-End CDMO To De-Risk AAV Production

Consider how the following strategies can be used to optimize AAV manufacturing by reducing risk and balancing productivity, quality, and cost to meet the growing demands of gene therapy.

Building The Next Therapeutic Modality With End-To-End Product Support

Extracellular vesicles hold immense potential for treating diseases, owing to their natural biocompatibility and ability to carry a diverse arsenal of therapeutic molecules.

Transcribing RNA With Higher Purity, Activity While Using Less Cap Analog

Enhance RNA manufacturing with HiCap T7 RNA Polymerase, which minimizes dsRNA, boosts expression, and reduces capping costs for superior therapeutic development.

Pioneering Scalable Solutions In AAV Manufacturing And Testing For Gene Therapy

Learn how pharmaceutical and biotech companies can leverage cutting-edge technology to bring gene therapies to market, making treatments more readily available to patients worldwide.

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SOLUTIONS

LC/MS/MS Analysis Of Coproporphyrin 1, Coproporphyrin 3 In Human Plasma

This innovative approach holds promise for reducing the need for extensive clinical drug-drug interaction studies, potentially streamlining the drug development process.

Powering Gene Therapy Progress With High-Performance Lentiviral Vectors

Accelerate your gene therapy pipeline with our cost-effective, high-quality lentiviral vectors, optimized for clinical and commercial success.

Comprehensive, Integrated BioServices

Discover more about optimized storage, packing, labeling, and global distribution, seamlessly integrated for your supply chain. Simplify complexity and enhance the reliability of your supply chain.

Your CDMO Partner From CMC Development To Commercial Supply

Our platform offers clients a personalized, responsive, and expert-driven approach to process development and manufacturing from early clinical to pivotal supply and commercial launch.

Comprehensive mRNA Solutions

Partner with us and harness our ability to provide high-quality constructs through in-house research and analysis capabilities that enable accelerated timelines for delivery.

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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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