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How excessive FDA manufacturing requirements are bottlenecking cell and gene therapy companies

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Ruxandra Teslo

2d ago· 9 min readenOpinion

Summary

The article argues that excessive FDA manufacturing requirements are crippling cell and gene therapy companies, using Grace Therapeutics as a case study. Grace may shut down after the FDA demanded a costly second manufacturing run before allowing a new drug application. The author contends this is a systemic problem where overly burdensome manufacturing regulations — a "boring" but critical bottleneck — are killing promising therapies before they reach patients, particularly for ultra-rare diseases where small patient populations make high compliance costs unsustainable.

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bskyHow excessive FDA manufacturing requirements are bottlenecking cell and gene therapy companieswritingruxandrabio.com

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Grace Therapeutics announced it may be forced to shut down after the FDA requested a second manufacturing run before it can submit its new application for approval.
This is a requirement the company says it simply cannot survive, as it would require another twenty million or so in funding.
Excessive manufacturing requirements are a pervasive problem, especially in the f
Some of the most promising drugs are bottlenecked by a 'boring' but incredibly important problem
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Some of the most promising drugs are bottlenecked by a "boring" but incredibly important problem

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