Conference Day One - Wednesday, September 18

7.30 Check In & Morning Coffee

8.20 Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Diana Posadas Director, Strategic Research, GreenLight BioSciences

Accelerating mRNA Process Development Through Platform-Level Advancement to Expedite Drug Manufacturing

8.30 Platform-Based Approaches to Streamline mRNA Drug Substance Process Development & Validation

  • Nicole Eschmann Principal Scientist - Bioprocess, Research and Development, Pfizer

9.00 mRNA-LNP Manufacturing Platform

9.30 Panel Discussion: Planning for the Future of mRNA Drugs: How Can CMC Platforms Support the Next Wave of Approvals in the mRNA Field?

  • Zoltán Kis Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), University of Sheffield
  • Diana Posadas Director, Strategic Research, GreenLight BioSciences
  • Harshal Zope Dir. Manufacturing Science and technology, Orna Therapeutics
  • Jim Nolan Vice President, Head of Technical Operations, Sail Biomedicines

10.00 Morning Break & Speed Networking

Research Scale Track
Chair: Nicole Eschmann, Principal Scientist – Bioprocess R&D, Pfizer

Overcoming Bottlenecks with IVT Reactions for Faster Scale Up While Maintaining mRNA Yield & Quality

11.00 Addressing Purification Challenges Resulting from Scale Up of Design of Experiments (DOE) Optimized IVT Reactions

  • Joseph Parrella Vice President, Chemistry Manufacturing Controls, Kernal Biologics Inc.

11.30 Optimized Synthetic DNA: Speeding Up Delivery Times & Improving mRNA Quantity & Quality

12.00 Optimizing IVT Reactions to Effectively Scale-Up mRNA Production from Research to Pre-Clinical Scale & Beyond

12.30 Overcoming Pump Tube Limitations in Demanding mRNA Manufacturing Steps

  • Keith Fritsky PharmBIO Product Specialist, W.L. Gore & Associates

IND-Enabling & Clinical Scale Track>
Chair: Babak Sanii, Associate Director Biochip R&D, Nutcracker Therapeutics

Highlighting Process Analytical Technologies (PATs) to Predict & Control mRNA Quality, Stability & Potency

11.00 Spotlighting a Novel Fluidics Approach to the Manufacturing of RNA That is Fully Pure at the Outset & Implementing a Novel On-Line Assay to Determine RNA Quality

  • Craig Martin Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

11.30 Innovative Cap Analog Design for Enhanced mRNA Immune Evasion

  • David Butler Chief Technology Officer, Hongene Biotechnology

12.00 Outlining Analytical & Potency Assays for RNA Product Predictability of Efficacy for Multivalent Drug Products

12.30 More Samples & Faster Turnaround Measuring Capped mRNA Integrity & 5’ Capping Efficiency

12.40 Lunch Break & Networking

Enhancing Next Generation mRNA Process Development to Accelerate the Production of Novel Modalities

1.40 Overcome dsRNA Challenge: Innovation in Assays & Enzymes

2.10 Early-Stage mRNA Development: Key Considerations for Establishing Robust Processes for Novel Modalities like circRNA

  • Alexander Lemaire Associate Director of Process Development, Strand Therapeutics Inc.

Getting a Fast Start into the Clinic: Tackling Bottlenecks While Scaling Up mRNA Drug Product Manufacturing

1.40 LNP Process Characterization & Optimization for Phase III Readiness for a Personalized Cancer Therapy

  • Jeff Kuan Senior Manager, Drug Product Development & Process Engineering, Gritstone Bio

2.10 Maintaining High Yield & Drug Product Quality to Confidently Accelerate your mRNA Candidate into the Clinic

  • Lena Wicke Senior Director RNA Process Development, BioNTech

2.40 Afternoon Networking Break & Poster Session

Approaching mRNA Process Development & Manufacturing Bottlenecks for Gene Editing Therapeutics to Achieve High Quality mRNA for Enhanced Editing Efficiency

  • John Zuris Director – Editing Technologies, Editas Medicine

3.40 Fireside Chat: Spotlighting mRNA Manufacturing Considerations Specific to Gene Editing Therapeutics

  • John Zuris Director – Editing Technologies, Editas Medicine
  • Shefal Parikh Director, RNA Process Development, Chroma Medicine

4.10 Innovative RNA Manufacturing: Breaking Barriers with Mutant T7 Polymerase

Synopsis

  • Leverage our experience advancing cell and gene therapies with tailored manufacturing solutions supporting your development and commercialization goals
  • Explore our innovative capabilities for diverse production needs, from preclinical to commercial-scale manufacturing
  • Benefit from our integrated approach to a single-source manufacturing solution encompassing DNA, mRNA, LNP, and process enzymes

4.40 The Journey into mRNA-Based Epigenetic Editor Process Development for Improved Gene Activation, Silencing & Multiplex Editing

  • Shefal Parikh Director, RNA Process Development, Chroma Medicine

5.10 Chair’s Closing Remarks

  • John Zuris Director – Editing Technologies, Editas Medicine

5.15 End of Day One & Drinks Reception