The difficulty is ensuring that manufacturing is conducted "on a consistent basis and end up with the same product" by reducing the variability in the process, Newman told ScienceBoard.net at the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) 2022 annual meeting in San Francisco.
Higher yields will lower the cost of therapies, Newman said, but there are major differences between smaller scale and large-scale production. FujiFilm Irvine Scientific is working with its customers as they look to scale up manufacturing and tackle supply chain, logistics, and raw material challenges.
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