Capacity Shortages Unlikely To Hold Back Cell And Gene Therapies
Executive Summary
The pharmaceutical industry's manufacturing capacity for cell and gene therapies is under pressure from an ever-increasing number of life sciences companies wanting to exploit rare expertise in the sector, but CMOs and government-backed facilities are rapidly coming on-stream, hoping to develop local clusters of companies to deliver the complete "living medicines" supply chain.
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