“Adverum has industry-leading capabilities in process development and manufacturing, consisting of a baculovirus-based AAV production system and state-of-the-art purification technology to manufacture AAV vectors of various serotypes. This allows us to deliver a turn-key large scale process to third-party cGMP manufacturers. We plan to leverage our leading manufacturing capabilities and upgrade our ADVM-043 manufacturing process now, to prepare for both our anticipated clinical and commercial product needs,” said
The company’s other lead programs for wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD) and hereditary angioedema (HAE) remain on target to initiate toxicology studies in the first half of 2017.
About Adverum’s Manufacturing Capabilities
Adverum’s industrialized manufacturing process is based on a proprietary baculovirus expression system and state-of-the-art purification technology. This process is highly efficient and scalable, applicable to various serotypes, with current production yields per run up to one hundred times greater than those obtained using conventional AAV production systems. The company has the capability to develop manufacturing processes up to 200L and transfer them turn-key to third party cGMP manufacturers. Further scale up is expected to allow commercial-grade material for diseases with large patient populations. In addition, Adverum has also developed formulations that allow for the production of highly concentrated purified vectors.
About
Adverum is a gene therapy company committed to discovering and developing novel medicines that can offer life-changing benefits to patients living with rare diseases or diseases of the eye who currently have limited or burdensome treatment options. Adverum has a robust pipeline that includes product candidates to treat wet AMD, A1AT deficiency, and hereditary angioedema, among other diseases. We are leveraging our next-generation adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based directed evolution platform to generate product candidates designed to provide durable efficacy by inducing sustained expression of a therapeutic protein. Our focus on the patient is supported by clinical development expertise and core capabilities in vector optimization, process development, manufacturing, and assay development. For more information please visit www.adverumbio.com.
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