RNA Manufacturing Articles

  1. To Fight Cancer, Gene Editing Needs To Solve Its Delivery Problem 12/4/2025

    The choice of delivery dictates the complexity of manufacturing, which in turn determines the eventual cost and accessibility of the therapy.

  2. Striking The Right Balance: The Critical Discussions Driving The mRNA Industry's Next Chapter 11/25/2025

    Now, I cannot claim that I or any of the panelists at CASSS have or had access to a real crystal ball that will show us the future. However, what did come through these discussions loud and clear is that the future of our industry must include “balance.” Here, I’ll unpack a few ways the theme of “balance” presented itself — and no doubt will continue to present itself in the future — as well as how the panelists see us achieving this necessary balance. 

  3. Trends In Oligo Scale-Up & Delivery & How They're Impacting Manufacturing 11/14/2025

    Here, a panel of experts at the RNA Leaders Conference gives a fantastic overview of where we are today and why, as one expert so nicely put it, “This is one of the most fun times to be an oligo scientist or chemist.” 

  4. From Misinformation To Medicine: Forging Bipartisan Support to Reverse Anti-mRNA Policy 10/9/2025

    In this article, I’ll share some of the progress AMM has made and the barriers the organization/our industry is still facing in our efforts to reverse the policy decisions that have been made against mRNA today. Throughout the panel, the speakers also shared their thoughts on the types of messaging we should be considering and/or have started to see making an impact. 

  5. What You Should Know About USP's Bioassay Updates 10/2/2025

    The United States Pharmacopeia is overhauling general chapters to align them with current industry standards. One scientist on the project helps us unpack the changes.

  6. New Group Wants 'Phase-Appropriate' Thinking To Retire 9/4/2025

    Decisions in cell and gene therapy are not about aligning with arbitrary clinical phases but about balancing risk.

  7. The Case for Process Simplification in mRNA Manufacturing 9/2/2025

    Here, I wanted to share a few additional details from Parrella’s presentation about the efforts he and his team at Kernal Biologics made to improve their overall mRNA-LNP COGS. Though he emphasized the amount of opportunity that exists to improve our utilization of costly raw materials/reagents, as he revealed, there are also opportunities for process simplification.

  8. The RNA Synthesis Spectrum: Between Solid-Phase Roots & A Hybrid Enzymatic Future 8/20/2025

    There were two additional takeaways I had following my conversation with Kuchimanchi, each of which depicts where there still exists quite a bit of dynamism for an industry which can claim an “established” manufacturing paradigm.

  9. Beyond Solid-Phase Synthesis: The Momentum of Oligonucleotide Manufacturing 8/13/2025

    Overall, there were three main takeaways I gleaned from our conversation that suggest the oligo sector, though more established than its mRNA cousin, is not comfortable with the status quo and is actively trying to grow beyond the limits of its current manufacturing paradigm. Here in part 1, we’ll start with my number one takeaway, which also comes equipped with a bit of history as to how we find ourselves at our current juncture.

  10. Inside Arbor Biotech's In Vivo Gene Therapy Approach 8/6/2025

    Following recent news about first-in-human testing, two executives discuss the science and manufacturing strategy for the company's lead candidate, ABO-101.