Manufacturing, Gene Therapies

Advances in development, data management, and automation, and closer collaboration with contract development and manufacturing partners, are pushing more therapies closer to commercialization.

Through the acquisition, Eli Lilly will have access to Prevail’s portfolio of clinical-stage and preclinical neuroscience assets.

Evonik offers lipid nanoparticles for gene-based drug development and manufacturing.

The collaboration includes the development, commercialization, and supply of Orgenesis’ pipeline in South Korea and Japan and the development and commercialization of Cure Therapeutics’ pipeline on a global basis.

The gene therapy increases the ability of retina cells to make a soluble form of CD59, a protein that shields the retina from damage, to prevent additional damage and to preserve vision.

Viral clearance processes and guidance must evolve along with newer biotherapeutic modalities.

Behzad Mahdavi, PhD, will join a team of experts in the company’s Science and Technology Group to fast-track the adoption of new development and drug delivery technologies and manufacturing processes and techniques.

The companies have entered into an agreement for the technology transfer and clinical manufacturing of Mustang’s MB-107 lentiviral gene therapy program for the treatment of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, also known as bubble boy disease, in Europe.

The agreement will allow Roche to use CEVEC’s proprietary ELEVECTA technology, which is designed to enable fully scalable, high-performance AAV vector production in suspension bioprocesses.

A virtual ribbon cutting, tour, and panel discussions were hosted on Oct. 29, 2020 to announce the opening of BioCentriq on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ.

Bayer will own the rights to AskBio’s AAV-based gene therapy platform, its intellectual property portfolio, and an established CDMO.

Orgenesis has completed its previously announced acquisition of Koligo Therapeutics with the additional acquisition of Tissue Genesis’ cell isolation technology, Icellator.

The new VirusExpress lentiviral production platform increases dose yields and reduces process development time for cell and gene therapies.

Roche will use Dyno’s CapsidMap platform to develop next-generation adeno-associated virus vectors for gene therapies for central nervous system diseases and liver-directed therapies.

The technology is a novel, plasmid-free manufacturing system for robust and reproducible manufacture of AAV at scale.

Cellnest will join Fujifilm Irvine Scientific’s PRIME-XV portfolio which consists of xeno-free and chemically defined media for stem cell culture.

The investment will include new manufacturing lines and increased automation to deliver additional manufacturing capacity.

The companies have signed an agreement for the production of two plasmids needed for the manufacture of CG01, a gene therapy for the treatment of drug-resistant focal epilepsy.

The company is investing $130 million to add Phase III through commercial-scale manufacturing suites to its gene therapy campus in Harmans, MD.

This article will explore the traditional path from the laboratory to the clinic and how the fixed-bed technology provides an alternative solution to meet commercial demands.

The cell banks were created using current good manufacturing practices and can be used each time CombiGene produces new plasmids for the production of its gene therapy, CG01.

The therapy, indicated for a rare form of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was developed by Kite, a Gilead company, which will manufacture the therapy at its facility in El Segundo, CA.

Sangamo will receive a $75 million upfront license fee payment and will be eligible to earn up to $720 million in other development and commercial milestone payments, including up to $420 million in development milestones and up to $300 million in commercial milestones.

This method is expected to help bring gene therapies to market faster, safer, and cheaper.

RNA is easier to manipulate than DNA but challenging to deliver to the right cells.