Why successful cell therapy processes need to scale both waysWhen it comes to cell therapy manufacturing, much of the industry is focussed on optimizing large scale manufacture – whether that’s scaling up larger batches for allogeneic therapies, or scaling out more...

Is innovation in automation enough to drive cell therapy manufacturing optimization?Moving away from manual handling in large-scale cell therapy manufacturing is undisuptably the next step in optimization. Manual operations are often tricky to replicate between...

Footprint size matters in cell and gene therapy manufacturingCell and gene therapies have demonstrated their extraordinary, curative potential in the last decade. They’ve had the biggest impact in liquid tumors, but with over 1000 clinical trials in the advanced...

How to ensure a consistent cell expansion process? Don’t start at the endCell culture has a culture of measuring endpoints. Vessels used to expand cells (like multi-well plates and flasks) are essentially mystery boxes in the days or weeks of culture. It’s only at the...

New technologies, old methods- Why 99% of cell culture vessels will never scale“We’re entering a new frontier in medical innovation with the ability to reprogram a patient’s own cells to attack a deadly cancer.” That’s what Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the FDA said...

99 problems in cell research – manual handling is number oneWhen you think of a biologist you probably picture someone pipetting in a lab growing organisms out of a Petri dish. Companies have made fortunes selling glassware, plasticware, and the myriad of equipment...