MANUFACTURING ARTICLES
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The "Middle Ground" Advantage: Why Alnylam Is Betting Big On Chemoenzymatic Ligation
Though conversations are picking up around this hybrid approach, we aren’t exactly known as an industry that embraces risk no-holds barred. While there are a handful of manufacturers and CDMOs who are embracing the hybrid model today, there are many more that are likely to hold out for the next-next gen approach: Fully enzymatic oligo production. However, as Alynlam’s CTO and Chief Quality Officer Tim Maines argued, embarking into the “middle ground” of enzymatic ligation is essential for garnering the step-by-step learnings needed to help us unlock even bigger manufacturing wins in the future.
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The Evolution Of Oligonucleotide Manufacturing: Engineering Considerations For Scale, Efficiency, And Facility Design
As oligos move toward larger indications, manufacturing shifts from chemistry alone to facility design—balancing scale, solvent safety, cost, and flexibility as SPOS, slurry, and enzymatic paths converge.
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2026 RNA Investment Landscape: Recent Deals, IPOs, And Venture Trends
As RNA investing matures, capital is flowing toward delivery, durability, and regulatory credibility. This column breaks down the deals, IPO signals, and venture theses shaping RNA’s 2026 winners—and why.
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Innovations In The Oligonucleotide Supply Chain: Regulatory Considerations For Materials, Manufacturing, And Lifecycle Control
Oligonucleotide therapeutics have rapidly advanced into late-stage and commercial development, shifting regulatory focus toward the maturity of manufacturing and supply chain control rather than therapeutic novelty. Regulatory success now depends on how effectively sponsors translate innovative chemistries into well-characterized, scalable, and sustainable materials and processes.
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The mRNA Supply Chain Revolution: Materials, Methods, And Momentum
mRNA innovation now hinges as much on manufacturing materials as on molecular design, with novel inputs shaping performance, cost, and scalability. As these less-mature materials move rapidly into production, strategic material selection and supplier alignment are becoming critical to manufacturing resilience and long-term success.
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A Year Of Separation: Which Advanced Modalities Are Built For Commercial Scale In 2026?
In 2026, advanced therapies diverge: winners pair proven biology with scalable manufacturing, delivery, and workflow fit, while others advance more slowly under operational and economic limits.
ARTICLES, APP NOTES, CASE STUDIES, & WHITE PAPERS
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Competing adsorption in sample displacement chromatography utilizes the chromatographic resin's binding capacity more efficiently and increases the chromatographic step's productivity. This application note investigates three monolithic chromatographic supports with different hydrophobicities regarding their applicability for sample displacement of pDNA. CIMac™ C4 HLD (butyl, high ligand density) as a commercial product and pyridine and histamine as custom immobilised columns are compared.
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We show CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockouts of the T cell receptor and explore multi-step LNP engineering to produce TCRÉ‘β KO CAR T cells, a promising approach towards allogeneic CAR T cell therapy.
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Optimizing pDNA production in E. coli requires strategic media selection and scale-up planning. Explore a study that identifies ideal conditions for high-yield manufacturing.
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In vitro transcription (IVT) allows a researcher to tailor synthesis and introduce modifications to produce a transcript. Learn about IVT along with process challenges and strategies.
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Achieve high-resolution separation of circular RNA (circRNA) species from linear RNA products, and detect impurities present at 0.1% of that main product, using an mRNA analysis kit.
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Review the unique set of challenges for RNA production that must be considered and solved to reach their full therapeutic potential.
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Owing to the sheer volume of data streaming from sensor profiles, anomalies observed during process monitoring in historical data are extremely difficult to search due to a lack of time series search tools.