Manufacturing

  1. Inside Yescarta's Reduced Median Turnaround Time with Kite, a Gilead Company's Christopher McDonald 2/13/2024

    On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Christopher McDonald Global Head of Technical Operations at Kite, a Gilead Company, talks to Host Erin Harris about Kite's recent FDA approval of manufacturing process change resulting in reduced median turnaround time for Yescarta. They talk through the most significant steps Kite took to reach this approval, lessons learned from having worked with the FDA, scaling up technologies for cell therapy manufacturing, and more.

  2. Dr. Bruce Levine on ISCT and the Future of CAR-T 5/23/2024

    In anticipation of ISCT 2024 in Vancouver, Canada, Dr. Bruce Levine is back on Cell & Gene: The Podcast to share information about the event as well as his expertise on the future of CAR-T therapy for solid tumors, autoimmune disease, and more.

  3. Lessons in Automation with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center's Christopher Choi, Ph.D. 1/1/2025

    On Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Erin Harris interviews Dr. Christopher Choi of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center about the upcoming cell and gene therapy hub in Buffalo, NY, set to open in 2025. They delve into the transformative role of automation and digital technologies in CGT manufacturing. Dr. Choi also shares practical advice for emerging CGT biotechs on navigating manufacturing challenges during early product development.

  4. Overcoming The Limitations Of CAR T-Cell Therapy With Vittoria Bio's Nick Siciliano, Ph.D. 12/5/2023

    Vittoria Biotherapeutics’ CEO, Nick Siciliano, joins Erin Harris on this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast to discuss the company's mission to expand the applications for CAR-based therapeutics by employing novel cell engineering and gene editing technologies.

  5. 2023 Market Outlook with AdBio and ISCT's Miguel Forte 2/2/2023

    Miguel Forte is Entrepreneur in Residence at AdBio, a VC firm based in France, and President Elect of ISCT. Forte and Cell & Gene: The Podcast host, Erin Harris, break down market outlook perspective for the cell and gene therapy space. He provides valuable tips to employ when seeking VC partnership, and he covers ISCT's primary focus areas and what to expect from ISCT 2023 Paris.

  6. The Promise Of Genome Editing With Caribou Biosciences' Rachel Haurwitz, Ph.D. 8/15/2023

    On this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Rachel Haurwitz, Ph.D., CEO at Caribou Biosciences joins Host Erin Harris to discuss the evolution of genome editing, its present state, as well as its undeniable potential. Listen now to learn more about Caribou's chRDNA genome editing technology and how it differs from CRISPR-Cas9.

  7. An Interview with Dr. Peter Marks 1/5/2023

    Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sits down with Cell & Gene: The Podcast host Erin Harris to discuss the most anticipated areas of innovation in clinical development, and he offers recommendations to companies in their engagement with the FDA in order to make manufacturing more streamlined and cost effective. Dr. Marks also provides advice to listeners about how and when to engage with CBER, and much more.

  8. Best Practices For Partnering With A CDMO 8/9/2022

    Emily Moran, VP of Vector Manufacturing and Avi Nandi, VP of Process Development at the Center for Breakthrough Medicines share key considerations on Cell & Gene: The Podcast for biotechs looking to partner with a CDMO. Learn how to reduce risk, lower costs, and better manage expectations when it comes the biotech/CDMO relationship.

  9. The Future Of iPSCs With BlueRock Therapeutics' CEO Seth Ettenberg 12/8/2022

    BlueRock Therapeutics' President and CEO Seth Ettenberg, Ph.D. talks to Cell & Gene: The Podcast listeners about the company's Phase 1 Clinical Trial for Advanced Parkinson’s Disease. Ettenberg also covers the most promising therapeutic applications for iPSCs currently in development as well as the major regulatory challenges that the field faces for their clinical use. We also cover how far iPSCs have come and what future progress may entail.

  10. Restoration of Immune Balance with Anish Suri, Ph.D., President and CSO at Cue Biopharma 3/2/2022

    Cue Biopharma's Anish Suri, Ph.D., explains why the clinical-stage biopharma is engineering a novel class of injectable biologics to selectively engage and modulate targeted T cells directly within the body to transform the treatment of cancer.