Clinical Supply Manufacturing Articles

  1. Key Considerations For Early-Stage CGT Companies When Selecting A CDMO 12/16/2024

    For preclinical or early-stage cell or gene therapy companies, proper evaluation of each CDMO candidate should include the raw materials program, QC testing, and more.

  2. 7 New MHRA Guidances To Help You With Decentralized Manufacturing For Cell And Gene Therapies 7/3/2025

    The U.K.'s MHRA has followed through on its promise to issue guidances to aid industry in understanding the recent changes to regulations for licensure of medicines employing cell and gene therapy technology.

  3. Designing Highly Agile Bio/Pharma Manufacturing Facilities 4/5/2024

    In bio/pharma, agile manufacturing is achieved through multipurpose designs that support a variety of unit operations manipulated and operated as independent yet connected modules. 

  4. Chugai's Race To Zero Emissions At UK4 In Tokyo 6/21/2024

    Chugai's sustainable model led the construction of a new DS/DP manufacturing site, UK4, in Tokyo. The company focused on eliminating three key emissions sources.

  5. A Phase-Appropriate Approach For Assay Validation In Cell & Gene Therapies 10/2/2024

    This article promotes alignment on a common phase-appropriate approach to analytical assay validation with respect to the critical quality attributes of the most common cell/gene therapy modalities. 

  6. FDA's Draft Guidance On Safety Testing Of Human Allogeneic Cells For Use In Cell-Based Therapies 5/24/2024

    This article provides a summary and analysis of the FDA's new draft guidance, Safety Testing of Human Allogeneic Cells Expanded for Use in Cell-Based Medical Products. The public comment period ends July 29.

  7. Strategizing The Scale-Up Of Cell Therapy Manufacturing Capacity 4/19/2023

    Adaptimmune’s Mike Blankenstein, vice president of patient supply operations, discusses the team's manufacturing network strategy designed to evolve with them as the company grows from clinical to commercial supply needs, balancing cost and risk, while ensuring flexibility to respond to patients’ needs.

  8. Understanding FDA's Draft Guidance On Human- And Animal-Derived Materials In The Manufacture Of Cell & Gene Therapy Products 5/23/2024

    FDA has released the new draft guidance for industry, Considerations for the Use of Human- and Animal-Derived Materials in the Manufacture of Cellular and Gene Therapy and Tissue-Engineered Medical Products. This article provides a summary — and shares what is shocking about the guidance.

  9. The Small Biotech's Checklist For FIH Trials 8/27/2024

    Getting medicine to its first patients is enormously complex with many players and moving parts. These are the critical steps.

  10. When Does GMP Matter In Non-GMP Settings? 4/5/2024

    Would you ever need to follow GMP standards in workspaces where GMP is not required or possible? This article digs into why, when, and how to follow the principles of GMP.