Manufacturing

  1. The Promise Of AAV Gene Therapy With REGENXBIO's Ken Mills 11/8/2023

    Ken Mills, CEO, President, and Director at REGENXBIO joins Erin Harris for this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast to discuss the company's progress with its Phase I/II Affinity Duchenne trial of RGX-202 for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. They discuss the future of AAV gene therapy as well as achieving scalability with consistent yield and product purity in gene therapy manufacturing.

  2. 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.

  3. Harnessing AI and Synthetic Biology for Cell Therapies with Generate:Biomedicines' Dr. Alex Snyder 5/20/2025

    Host Erin Harris talks to Generate:Biomedicines' EVP of R&D, Dr. Alex Snyder on Cell & Gene: The Podcast about the convergence of AI, machine learning (ML), and synthetic biology in the development of next-generation therapies. They cover how AI is transforming drug discovery by enabling the rapid design and optimization of therapeutic candidates, particularly in complex fields like immuno-oncology and cell therapy.

  4. In Vivo CAR T-Cell Therapeutics With Umoja Biopharma's Dr. Andrew Scharenberg 9/26/2023

    Discuss the evolution of allogeneic, in vivo CAR-T cell therapeutics, recent progress in lentiviral vector manufacturing, and The Colorado Laboratory and Innovation Manufacturing Building.

  5. The Future Of Cell And Organ Transplantation In Treating T1D With Dr. Camillo Ricordi 10/10/2023

    Explore the biggest and most troubling challenges facing the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and the future of cell and organ transplantation in treating T1D as well as the latest innovations in biopreservation.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Cell Therapy's Current Manufacturing Challenges 4/15/2025

    In this segment, Cell & Gene’s Chief Editor, Erin Harris, welcomes the audience and introduces the expert panelists, Rohit Ingale, Head of Manufacturing & MSAT, Arcellx and David O’Donnell, Vice President, Head of Manufacturing, Vor Bio.

  9. Commercialization Learnings With Novartis Gene Therapies' President Chris Fox 9/7/2022

    With 20+ gene therapy targets in Novartis Gene Therapies’ pipeline, President Chris Fox and her team are hyper-focused on newborn screenings as the pathway to helping more and more patients. The company's initial gene therapy, Zolgensma, for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has been approved in more than 40 regions and countries and has been used to treat more than 2,300 patients worldwide. Fox details what’s next on the commercialization front for the therapy, and she shares advice with Cell & Gene: The Podcast listeners about what it takes to commercialize a therapy,

  10. 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.