Excellos Selected as Decentralized Manufacturing Unit to Support Galapagos’ CAR-T Cell Therapy Clinical Study Close to Cancer Treatment Centers in the San Diego Area
Excellos is the first decentralized manufacturing unit (DMU) within the nationwide network of Blood Centers of America to be selected for Good Manufacturing Compliant (GMP) manufacturing for Galapagos’ CAR-T hemato-oncology program.
Galapagos (Euronext & Nasdaq: GLPG) is a clinical stage biotechnology company with operations in
Excellos was selected upon completion of an extensive site audit and assessment process and will provide end-to-end manufacturing of Galapagos’ CAR-T cell therapy on Galapagos’ platform at Excellos’ new purpose-built manufacturing facility in downtown
Galapagos’ innovative, decentralized manufacturing platform could address many of the limitations that CAR-T cell therapy production is currently facing. It has the potential to offer greater speed and scalability, with the delivery of fresh, fit cells with a median vein-to-vein time of seven days and the possibility for greater physician control and improved patient experience.
"We are excited to manufacture Galapagos’ CAR-T cell therapy candidate using their decentralized manufacturing platform. This collaboration will enable the efficient production and delivery of fresh, fit CAR-T cell therapies within a median vein-to-vein time of seven days,” said Thomas VanCott, CEO of Excellos. “Our team is proud to have demonstrated our agility in initiating technology transfer, our state-of-the-art facility, and our expertise in executing production and analytics, all of which are critical to advancing this groundbreaking therapy.”
This project represents the first site initiation under the recently announced strategic collaboration between Galapagos’
“Blood Centers of America is pleased to be actively engaged with Galapagos in site identification, assessment and initiation to build a nationwide decentralized cell therapy manufacturing network,” stated Bill Block, President/CEO of BCA. “The Excellos project is enabled by the broader agreement between BCA and Galapagos which allowed Excellos to move efficiently from site assessment to the start of technology transfer. BCA will use the insights from this first initiation to accelerate the integration of multiple BCA sites into Galapagos’ decentralized manufacturing network, with the goal of providing patients convenient access to our local facilities and healthcare providers within their communities.”
About Excellos
Excellos provides custom cGMP services to develop and manufacture cell therapies. Featuring proprietary cell characterization technologies, Excellos reduces variabilities in clinical responses and increases the probability of successful outcomes. Current applications support TIL-based therapies, autologous and allogeneic CAR-T/NK therapies and TCR therapies. Customized services include donor recruitment, cell isolation, transduction, expansion and scale up GMP production. Learn more at www.excellos.com.
About Galapagos
Galapagos is a biotechnology company with operations in
About BCA Advanced Therapies Network
The Blood Centers of America (BCA) Advanced Therapies Network leverages the largest blood supply network in
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Source: Excellos Inc.