Editorial Perspectives On Upstream Bioprocessing

  1. Why It's Computational Biology's Time To Shine 8/17/2022

    Astronomical biologic development costs, contracting capital markets, painfully long timelines, and an increasingly stingy regulatory environment are just a few of the reasons computational biology solutions are moving from the “luxury” column to the “survival” column for biopharmaceutical companies. 

  2. Who Said mAbs Were Easy? 4/27/2022

    Under the leadership of CEO Mondher Mahjoubi, M.D., oncology-focused biotech Innate Pharma is developing therapeutic antibodies that harness the immune system to fight cancer. The company is making strides with some next-gen, complex tri- and tetra-specific antibodies—and Dr. Mahjoubi isn't afraid to face the CMC challenges that come with the job. 

  3. Regenerating The Vasculature With Bioengineered Human Tissue 2/23/2022

    With two phase 3 trials resuting in its bioengineered blood vessels being implanted in some 460 human patients, regenerative medicine pioneer Humacyte is finding its footing in the $150 billion vascular repair, reconstruction, and replacement market. Now it's preparing to reinvent treatment for Type 1 Diabetes.

  4. Vaccine Manufacturing: Chasing COVID's Long Tail 1/31/2022

    A host of biopharma companies continue to pour resources into coronavirus vaccine candidates. Among them, iBio stands out with a unique target region (hint: it’s not a spike protein) and an even more unique manufacturing paradigm (hint: it’s not mRNA). 

  5. Reengineering Biologics Manufacturing And Access With Spirulina 1/24/2022

    The “democratization” of biologics requires cost, time, and resource elimination from cell culture to administration and every step in between. Here’s how one innovative emerging biotech is leveraging one of the world’s oldest and most prolific organisms to that end.

  6. Developability: Making Better Bets On Biologic Winners 10/25/2021

    Developability assessments are objective analyses of a molecule’s therapeutic potential, but their execution is as much art as it is science. AltruBio VP of Technical Development Gene Lee, Ph.D. shares his insight into when, why, and how to go about assessing CMC developability.

  7. The Placental Stem Cell Advantage 5/11/2021

    As Celularity makes its most significant clinical progress to date, the company is putting theories born of 20 years of postpartum placental stem cell research into practice. Could the production platform it’s building be the key to accessible, affordable allogeneic cell therapy?

  8. Decentralized Cell Therapy Production In Practice 4/21/2021

    Distributing the manufacture of autologous cell therapies to clinical and hospital settings to minimize time, cost, and logistics challenges is a popular conversation in biopharma circles. While many discuss it, Dr. Helen Sabzevari’s upstart biopharma Precigen is doing it.

  9. Reshaping The Vaccine Manufacturing Paradigm 3/22/2021

    Uvax Bio’s unconventional approach brings a heretofore ignored physical component to vaccine design. Co-founders Dr. Ji Li and Jiang Zhu share why they think their platform is poised to revolutionize vaccine development, manufacturing, and distribution.

  10. Beating Stem Cell Sourcing, Exosome Production Challenges 1/29/2021

    Urgent medical needs like COVID-19 therapeutics are fueling new interest in cell-based therapies, despite a years-long, uphill social battle. Here’s how one company’s persistent, global pursuit of safely harvested biologics is positioning it to address the greatest medical need of our time.