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Viral Vector CTDMO Services

Our Viral Gene Therapy Offering

With 30+ years of gene therapy experience, we bring expertise in viral vector manufacturing and testing as well as a global organization to integrate regulatory, safety, and process development to fit your needs.

  • Pre-clinical through commercial manufacturing and testing services
  • Experience with Lentivirus, Adenovirus, AAV, and more
  • Customer-centric experts dedicated to your program’s success

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Processing Development

Leveraging our in-house expertise, we offer a complete range of process development (PD) services to improve yield and quality of your viral vectors.

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Gene Therapy Process Development

The breadth of our experience allows us to develop robust production processes to move your gene therapy products quickly through clinical trials and to commercialization.

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Manufacturing

Our viral and gene therapy manufacturing team has produced over 1,000 batches of virus, meeting rigorous timelines with a complete range of services, a state-of-the-art cGMP facility, and deep regulatory understanding.

Large Scale Gene Therapy Manufacturing

With over 30 years of viral vector manufacturing experience, we have charted multiple programs, clinical to commercial. Our experts will guide you through upstream and downstream development while keeping you from running aground on unexpected regulatory hurdles. With the launch of our large-scale CDMO facility, we’ll take you through the clinic and scale up to successfully bring your therapy to patients.

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Store your precious material in GMP-compliant facilities amongst three continents. A range of materials including virus and cell banks can be stored in ambient, liquid nitrogen or –80 conditions.
Cell and Gene Therapy Bulk Harvest Release Testing
We offer cGMP-compliant bulk harvest release testing support for cell and gene therapies utilizing AAV, retrovirus/lentivirus, and adenovirus, as well as a wide range of regulatory and technical support services that bring your therapy to the clinic and beyond.
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From first-in-human clinical trials to scaling up for commercial launch, our final product release testing for cell and gene therapy provides the geographic footprint, experience, and expertise to bring your therapy to patients.
Blazar® Rapid Molecule Detection
Accelerate the biosafety testing of your biologic therapy by replacing traditional testing with our unique Blazar® platform featuring multiplex degenerate PCR.
Next Generation Sequencing
Our next-generation sequencing (NGS) biosafety testing services deliver deep insights into biologic therapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, viral vectors, and novel vaccines, rapidly characterizing your process while identifying known and unknown agents with pinpoint precision and accuracy.

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Growing use of gene therapies is driving rapid innovation in an evolving global market. Manufacturers bringing new gene therapies to life face complex challenges, requiring an experienced partner capable of integrating vector manufacturing, testing, safety, process development, and regulatory compliance.
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As gene therapy products continue to show promise, biosafety testing and characterization remain a critical part of the development process. These vital steps help mitigate safety concerns and provide a better understanding of products and processes well in advance of patient administration.
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Our ready-to-use, off-the-shelf cell line systems greatly reduce the time, cost, and risk of developing new cell lines for production. Whether you are producing antibodies, recombinant proteins, or viral vectors for gene therapies, our cell line platforms can accelerate your upstream progress.
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