Do It Yourself: Advantages Of Internal Gene Therapy Manufacturing

 
• By Ben Comer

The number of gene therapies in development continues to rise, as trial sponsors widen the scope of addressable conditions, beyond ultra-rare diseases. Will manufacturing capacity – and payer budgets – be able to keep up?

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If deal activity, capital investment and quantity of active clinical trials are any indication, the gene therapy sector will continue its growth spurt in 2021. At the end of the third quarter of 2020, 97 gene therapies had entered Phase III trials, and gene therapy financing amounts had increased by 114% year-to-date, reaching $12bn, according to data from the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM).

But as the field expands, growing pains will emerge as manufacturers push to scale-up operations for larger trials and drug...

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