Hitachi Group subsidiary PCT Cell Therapy Services will provide clinical manufacturing services for Orchard’s autologous gene therapy for the treatment of adenosine deaminase deficiency.
Xeno-free and cGMP-manufactured media are highly desired by cell therapy developers, says Irvine Scientific as it launches a medium for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs).
Scottish synthetic biology firm Synpromics has received £5.2M ($6.6M) to enhance its synthetic promoter design technology used in gene therapy development.
Manufacturing tweaks have severe effects on the quality and yield of stem cells, says Pluristem which has successfully scaled-up production through a decade of process development evolution.
GE Healthcare has acquired cryopreservation technology firm Asymptote and says more investments are likely as it builds an “end-to-end ecosystem” for cellular therapy production services.
If reinstated, Donald Trump’s order restricting travel to the US would hurt the cell therapy sector according to the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT).