Overcoming mRNA medicine supply hurdles: distributed, continuous and multi-product mRNA manufacturing in a box at high quality and low cost
There is a growing need for solutions to develop and manufacture high-quality, safe, and effective mRNA medicines in a disease-agnostic manner. Key barriers including scalability, high production costs, and limited access to GMP-compliant facilities lead to inequitable global access to mRNA medicines. To address these challenges, our team has been innovating and digitalizing mRNA medicines production processes, by: developing continuous flow IVT, continuous purification, and continuous LNP encapsulation processes; developing novel cost reduction strategies; developing advanced analytical methods; employing computational modeling to characterize a robust quality-by-design design space, guide process development, monitor the process (via soft sensors), and enable advanced automation (via digital twins). These innovations are being integrated into a GMP-compliant RNA-production platform process in a box: RNAbox™. This will provide rapid access to this transformative technology and enable the distributed, rapid production of high-quality, low-cost medicines to combat a wide range of diseases.
Authors
- Bojan Kopilovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0691-2735)
- Mabrouka Maamra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0077-9299)
- Zoltán Kis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6598-8369)
Institutions
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cell and Gene Therapy Insights
- Published
- 2025-06-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18609/cgti.2025.071
- Primary Topic
- Protein purification and stability
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00