Cell Therapies: Commercializing a New Class of Biopharmaceuticals
By Dr. Matthew Watson
Over the past six months I have been honored and pleased to have seen and been part of an increasing focus and attention being paid to the unique manufacturing and bioproduction issues related to cell therapy.
Certainly it is the Cell Therapy Group's view, that this is both timely and much-needed as more cell therapies reach later-stage. Issues related to larger scale production and lowering the costs associated with it will be critical to successful commercialization of these products. It is encouraging to see both content-providers and and companies involved in potentially bringing solutions to these issues now bringing their focused energies to this sector.
This focus has come from a number of different sources including conferences focused solely on the topic, companies engaging stakeholders in identifying potential bottlenecks they might be positioned to solve, more conference sessions dedicated to these issues, and now a commitment by one of the leading publications in bioprocessing to engage both the cell therapy industry and the traditional bioprocessing community in stepping up the level of two-way education, dialog, and problem-solving that will be critical to commercializing these products.
In March/April 2011, watch for a special issue of BioProcess International entitled "Cell Therapies: Commercializing a New Class of Biopharmaceuticals".
BioProcess International is a publishing leader of cutting edge technologies, improved processes and breakthrough sciences. With this cell therapy focused issue, in partnership with ISCT and others, BPI is launching what we hope will be a regular supplement and increased focus on the unique bioproduction issues related to cell-based therapies.
BioProcess International aims to accomplish three main objectives with this supplement:
- Educate the bioprocess and cell therapy market (suppliers and end-users) on the similarities and differences between the two processes;
- Educate and encourage the investor community to keep increasing their interest and investment;
- Expedite the commercialization process.
Distribution will include:
- BPI's 30,010 qualified readers;
- Delegates attending ISCT's 2011 Annual Meeting (included in all delegate bags)
- Delegates attending ESACT 2011 (Chair drop at the Cell Therapy Plenary Session)
- INTERPHEX 2011 Cell Therapy Roundtable (VIP Invitations, 200 attendees, produced by BPI)
- BIO 2011 International Convention (BioProcess Theatre - Cell Therapy track)
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While the content for this issue is now being finalized, it you are interested in contributing something to BPI, we are looking for more cell therapy related content. As the cell therapy representative on BPI's advisory board I would be happy to champion it through submission.
Cheers.
--Lee
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- 002 Latest Cell Therapy Approval by FDA. Dendreon's Provenge. [Last Updated On: April 30th, 2010] [Originally Added On: April 30th, 2010]
- 003 Google to Invest in Regenerative Medicine [Last Updated On: May 5th, 2010] [Originally Added On: May 5th, 2010]
- 004 Biotech tax credit appears perfectly designed for cell therapy companies to recoup research dollars spent in 2009-10 [Last Updated On: May 22nd, 2010] [Originally Added On: May 22nd, 2010]
- 005 The changing face of PR and why it matters to regenmed [Last Updated On: June 12th, 2010] [Originally Added On: June 12th, 2010]
- 006 FDA files injunction again Regenerative Sciences citing Regenexx violates regulations [Last Updated On: August 12th, 2010] [Originally Added On: August 12th, 2010]
- 007 Careers in cell therapy & regenerative medicine [Last Updated On: October 11th, 2010] [Originally Added On: October 11th, 2010]
- 008 The LinkedIn Cell Therapy Industry Group - 1,000 members strong [Last Updated On: January 15th, 2011] [Originally Added On: January 15th, 2011]
- 009 In vivo cell trafficking just took a leap forward [Last Updated On: July 3rd, 2011] [Originally Added On: July 3rd, 2011]
- 010 Cell Therapy's Got Talent Technology Showcase - A Call for Cell Therapy Manufacturing Technology Presentations [Last Updated On: July 10th, 2011] [Originally Added On: July 10th, 2011]
- 011 Clinical trial costs [Last Updated On: July 31st, 2011] [Originally Added On: July 31st, 2011]
- 012 Good Data? $100. Good Product Development? $100. Good Commercialization Strategy? Priceless. [Last Updated On: August 14th, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 14th, 2011]
- 013 Potential far-reaching implications of the ongoing fight over point-of-care autologous cell therapy [Last Updated On: September 18th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 18th, 2011]
- 014 Commercial-stage Cell Therapy Companies and Products [Last Updated On: September 18th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 18th, 2011]
- 015 Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine Domains Available [Last Updated On: September 25th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 25th, 2011]
- 016 Commercializing Cell-based Regenerative Medicines [Last Updated On: November 13th, 2011] [Originally Added On: November 13th, 2011]
- 017 Sabrina Cohen Foundation Thanks Stem Cell Researchers [Last Updated On: November 27th, 2011] [Originally Added On: November 27th, 2011]
- 018 Active phase III or II/III cell therapy trials [Last Updated On: December 11th, 2011] [Originally Added On: December 11th, 2011]
- 019 Recently approved cell therapy products [Last Updated On: December 18th, 2011] [Originally Added On: December 18th, 2011]
- 020 Inactive and recently failed or terminated phase III or II/III cell therapy trials [Last Updated On: December 18th, 2011] [Originally Added On: December 18th, 2011]
- 021 2011 EMA Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) classification record. What can be learned? [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2012] [Originally Added On: January 1st, 2012]
- 022 Predicting the Success of the Late-Stage Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapy Pipeline? [Last Updated On: March 11th, 2012] [Originally Added On: March 11th, 2012]
- 023 Another > $100M month for companies in the cell therapy space [Last Updated On: May 6th, 2012] [Originally Added On: May 6th, 2012]
- 024 Cell-based Cancer Immunotherapies. Some metrics.. [Last Updated On: May 20th, 2012] [Originally Added On: May 20th, 2012]
- 025 Industry-sponsored cardiovascular cell therapies. Some metrics. [Last Updated On: May 27th, 2012] [Originally Added On: May 27th, 2012]
- 026 Bioreactor Design and Bioprocess Controls for Industrialized Cell Processing [Last Updated On: June 17th, 2012] [Originally Added On: June 17th, 2012]
- 027 FDA 1. RSI 0. Regenerative Sciences (Regenexx) vs FDA (2012) [Last Updated On: July 29th, 2012] [Originally Added On: July 29th, 2012]
- 028 Is the cell therapy sector outperforming the major indices? [Last Updated On: August 12th, 2012] [Originally Added On: August 12th, 2012]
- 029 Are some cell counts too good to be true? Why some companies' product data may mislead. [Last Updated On: September 2nd, 2012] [Originally Added On: September 2nd, 2012]
- 030 Two lessons I learned this week. [Last Updated On: September 16th, 2012] [Originally Added On: September 16th, 2012]
- 031 The cost of clinical trial data bias/loss, FDA's new job and the need for bold leadership. [Last Updated On: September 30th, 2012] [Originally Added On: September 30th, 2012]
- 032 Anticipated short-term cell therapy industry clinical milestones [Last Updated On: September 30th, 2012] [Originally Added On: September 30th, 2012]
- 033 Cell therapy portfolio outperforms major indices year-to-date [Last Updated On: October 14th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 14th, 2012]
- 034 CIRM addresses some tough questions. Is it all just glass towers and basic research? [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 21st, 2012]
- 035 GEN's "Cellular Therapy Wave Finally Cresting". An overview and data set. [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2012] [Originally Added On: November 4th, 2012]
- 036 Cell Therapy Industry Group Welcomes its 4,000th member [Last Updated On: November 11th, 2012] [Originally Added On: November 11th, 2012]
- 037 Six steps to fighting non-compliant cell therapy treatments. --- The stuff of grey shades, spades, ivory towers and (ahem) balls. [Last Updated On: December 2nd, 2012] [Originally Added On: December 2nd, 2012]
- 038 A proposed 6-step platform for the cell therapy industry to consider in combating non-compliant cell therapy treatments [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2012] [Originally Added On: December 16th, 2012]
- 039 The ROI on pant-wearing and other social media tips [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2012] [Originally Added On: December 16th, 2012]
- 040 The Accuracy of Adipose Stem Cell Doses [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2012] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2012]
- 041 Cell Therapy Blog welcomes 2013 [Last Updated On: January 6th, 2013] [Originally Added On: January 6th, 2013]
- 042 2013 Annual Regenerative Medicine Industry Report [Last Updated On: April 21st, 2013] [Originally Added On: April 21st, 2013]
- 043 Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine: Learning from Spin-Outs [Last Updated On: April 28th, 2013] [Originally Added On: April 28th, 2013]

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