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A startup launches with plans to open up a gene and cell therapy bottleneck

Bio Pharma Dive

The pipeline of CAR-T therapies and ex vivo gene therapies has swelled in recent years, but manufacturing hasn’t been able to keep up with demand.

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CAR T therapy focused Umoja hits manufacturing capability linked milestone

BioPharma Reporter

Seattle-based Umoja Biopharma, a company looking to reprogram immune cells in-vivo to create next-generation immunotherapies for the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, has started work on its new development and manufacturing facility in Colorado.

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Sensible Biotechnologies and Ginkgo Bioworks team up on novel mRNA manufacturing platform

BioPharma Reporter

Sensible Biotechnologies will partner with Ginkgo Bioworks to develop an in vivo microbial mRNA manufacturing platform â aiming to address a major bottleneck in mRNA manufacturing.

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ISCT 2023 key trends: redefining manufacturing 

Drug Discovery World

Finally, this article covers the CGT trends when it comes to redefining manufacturing. Manufacturing processes are among the bottlenecks of CGT wider use. The ISCT 2023 Annual Meeting took place in Paris, France from May 31 to June 3 2023. DDW’s Megan Thomas heard from attendees about key trends in the sector.

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Umoja and IASO partner to develop therapies for haematological malignancies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The iPSC-based allogeneic cell therapy platform of Umoja leverages its synthetic receptor enabled differentiation (ShRED) manufacturing process to guide iCIL differentiation and development with robust anti-tumour activity. In the initial stage, the partnership will focus on acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) to boost accessibility to patients.

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Xcell and aCGT Vector partner on cell and gene therapy development

Pharmaceutical Technology

The two companies will aim to improve the manufacturing and analytic procedures used to develop personalised cell and gene therapies to treat cancer patients. Together, our objective is to advance the development and deployment of cell therapies, such as CAR-T and tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte technologies, to treat solid tumours. "We

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Advancements In Automation Of Manufacturing Processes: Key Value Driver For Escalated Interest In The Cell Therapy Domain

Roots Analysis

The focus of stakeholders has now shifted to optimizing the cell therapy manufacturing process. The focus of stakeholders has now shifted to optimizing the cell therapy manufacturing process. It is worth noting that manufacturing process biologics and cell therapies is considerably complex when compared to small molecule drugs.