Newsletter | February 2, 2026

02.02.26 -- 2026 CDMO Forecast: The 7 Shifts Sponsors Need To Prepare For

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2026 CDMO Forecast: The 7 Shifts Sponsors Need To Prepare For

2026 is shaping up to be a year in which operational discipline, strategic alignment, and regulatory preparedness will differentiate high-performing sponsors from those facing avoidable delays.

A Blueprint For Breakthroughs: Accelerating Rare Disease Therapies

To manufacture your rare disease therapy cost effectively, partner with an experienced CDMO from the outset. The right partner will offer development, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory expertise.

Why Quality Is The Foundation For Aligning Operations To Serve Patients

Quality is the foundation of leadership and operations, ensuring that collaboration and strategic focus will deliver safe, effective cell therapies without compromising patient safety or regulatory standards.

Formulation Development Of Enterically Protected Spray Dried Dispersions

Adrulipase spray-dried dispersions were evaluated to create an orally delivered, enteric-protected enzyme. Investigate how the lead formulation provided the best acid protection, rapid release, and stability.

One Family’s Journey From Diagnosis To Gene Replacement Therapy In 14 Months

See how one family managed to get an investigational gene replacement therapy manufactured and approved by the FDA so their daughter could be dosed just 14 months from her diagnosis.

A Plasmid Platform Makes Seamless Transitions From Bench To CGT Applications

Accelerate cell and gene therapy development with high-yield, regulatory-compliant plasmid DNA manufacturing that shortens timelines, minimizes risks, and streamlines your supply chain.

A Novel Approach To AAV-Based Gene Editing For Huntington's Disease

Discover how LETI-101 uses AAV5 to deliver a compact CRISPR system to the brain, showing promise as a one-time treatment for Huntington’s disease with strong preclinical safety and efficacy.

Silencing Lentiviral Cargo Genes For Cell Therapy

Silencing lentiviral cargo genes boosts vector yield, enhances cell viability, and reduces impurities, enabling scalable, cost-effective manufacturing for complex gene therapies.

The Role Of Early Characterization Studies For Assessing Therapeutic Potency

Early product characterization can serve to uncover crucial information about an advanced therapeutic candidate, affording new insight into its CQAs and helping to shape better analytical assays.

Intelligent mRNA Manufacturing Through Process Analytical Technologies

Learn how process analytical models can monitor key CQAs, such as RNA concentration and nucleoside triphosphate consumption, and explore RBP and MIT’s vision for revolutionizing biomanufacturing.

OUTSOURCING SOLUTIONS

The Future Of Lentiviral Vector Innovation And Access - Vector BioMed

Microbial Services - 3PBIOVIAN

Easy Early Drug Development With Small Quantities - West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

iPSC Generation Services - Applied StemCell

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