Clinical Supply Manufacturing Articles

  1. New Group Wants 'Phase-Appropriate' Thinking To Retire 9/4/2025

    Decisions in cell and gene therapy are not about aligning with arbitrary clinical phases but about balancing risk.

  2. Making Cancer Vaccines Is Complex; New Platform Guidance Could Help 7/3/2024

    FDA's draft guidance on platforms is mostly for established, well-characterized modalities, but it also has implications for the emerging area of personalized medicine.

  3. 4 Tips For Advancing Your AAV Manufacturing Plans 1/4/2022

    Tim Kelly, M.B.A., COO of Homology Medicines, a clinical-stage genetic medicines company, shares four lessons his company learned from building a GMP facility and testing and optimizing their novel platform.

  4. Scaling RNA Production From The Lab To The Clinic 8/9/2024

    Nutcracker's unique approach to scaling up to clinical manufacturing — which brings unique challenges compared to traditional biologics — relies on microfluidics.

  5. When Should You Select Your Supply Partner? 9/19/2024

    In this part two, James Doherty, President and Chief Development Officer, provides readers with a window into the contracting strategy of Acumen Pharmaceuticals, a biotech developing a novel therapeutic for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Acumen has announced it entered a CDMO contract for both clinical and any future commercial supply.

  6. EMA Guideline On Clinical-Stage ATMPs Comes Into Effect: On The Verge Of Convergence? 6/19/2025

    The EMA’s Guideline on quality, non-clinical and clinical requirements for investigational advanced therapy medicinal products in clinical trials came into effect on July 1, 2025

  7. ICH Revises Q1 Guideline, Advancing Stability Testing Standards 4/24/2025

    In April 2025, the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) released draft ICH Q1: Stability Testing of Drug Substances and Drug Products for public consultation. This new draft guideline represents the first major overhaul of global stability testing standards in over two decades.

  8. Boosting Pipeline Acceleration With A Strategic Pharma/CDMO Relationship 3/25/2022

    Pharma portfolio managers and CDMOs should seek more strategic modes of working together. By coordinating with each other to change all your development and capacity "red lights" to green, and balancing operational efficiency and flexibility, you can accelerate your pipeline. Here's how.

  9. If The CDMO Shoe Fits, Wear It Now 9/16/2024

    Acumen Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical developing a novel therapeutic for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, selected its manufacturing partner early on, and told the world about it. Chief Editor Louis Garguilo asked the chief development officer about that strategy.

  10. Considerations For Potency Assurance Of CGT Products 11/12/2024

    Confused about FDA's draft guidance on potency assays for cell and gene therapy products? Let's clarify a few things and discuss some key considerations.