Culture Biosciences Focuses Technology and Service Platform on Biologics

Intelligent upstream bioprocess development for therapeutics using an integrated platform of cloud-based software, single-use bioreactors, simulation tools, and process development services. New leadership team members enhance company expertise in the biotech and biopharma industries

Culture Biosciences announced that it is increasing its focus on upstream bioprocess development of new therapeutics. New leaders for Operations and Commercial, Engineering and Product, Strategy and Finance, and People enhance Culture Biosciences’ expertise in the biotech and biopharma industries.

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“The potential of new biologic therapies, including cell and gene therapies, to improve the lives of people with severe diseases, has exploded over the past years,” said Will Patrick, Chief Executive Officer of Culture Biosciences. “However, developing scalable and optimized manufacturing processes remains a bottleneck for the industry. Lack of innovation in upstream bioprocess development plays an important role. Going forward, we will focus our know-how, technology and services to tackle this problem to help accelerate the development of scalable, optimized manufacturing processes for the benefit of patients.”

The appointments of Elena Cant as Chief Operating and Commercial Officer, Babu Sivaraman as Vice President, Engineering and Product, Sumeet Agrawal as Vice President, Strategy and Finance, and Wayne Evans as Vice President, People between Q3 2022 and March 2023 underpin this enhanced focus.

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“The combined experience of Elena, Babu, Sumeet, and Wayne will help us succeed in this next chapter,” added Will Patrick. “I am delighted to welcome such strong leaders to our great team, and I look forward to working with them to create better tools and services for upstream bioprocess development for biotech and biopharma companies.”

“I have experienced the need for faster and more cost-efficient upstream bioprocess development in biopharma R&D first-hand. The de-risking of manufacturing timelines by completing process optimization and characterization in advance of GMP manufacturing is just one example,” said Elena Cant, Chief Operating and Commercial Officer. “Together with my colleagues, I am looking forward to expanding Culture Biosciences’ offerings to help more companies in this sector succeed.”

Client companies can use Culture Biosciences’ platform instead of investing the time and capital to build-out in-house process development capacity. Or they can leverage it to flexibly handle fluctuations in process development needs as a result of evolving strategies or pipelines.

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