Category: Industry News

WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandSeptember, 2023 Watch a fascinating panel discussion hosted by Endpoints News involving our Sr. VP of Advanced Therapies, Lee Buckler, and other industry colleagues discussing what it will take to deliver cell and gene therapies at scale.  https://mfgday23.endpts.com/ About Blood Centers of America  Blood Centers of America (BCA) is a member-owned organization comprised…

WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandSeptember, 2023 We have an updated Advanced Therapies Capabilities Deck, we are proud to share showcasing our national but hyper-local network of facilities throughout the country offering apheresis collection, cryopreservation, and ISO-7 clean room capacity for companies in the advanced therapy, cell and gene therapy sector.  BCA ATN Capabilities deck (2023-09-25).pdf About Blood…

WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandSeptember, 2023 We have a new video showcasing BCA and its national network of centers supplying blood, red blood cells, platelets, plasma, to hospitals throughout the country and other therapeutic cells for further cell therapy manufacturing to biopharmaceutical companies with developing or commercial cell therapies. The video can be found here: BCA…

Lee Buckler sets off to speak on decentralized manufacturing and allogenic approaches at the Immuno-Oncology Summit 2023 WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandAugust, 2023 We are beyond excited for our Senior Vice President of Advanced Therapies, Lee Bucker, to be a speaker at Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s Immuno-Oncology Summit 2023 in Boston on August 8th. His session called…

Discussing the decentralization of manufacturing cell therapies WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandJune, 2023 We are ardent believers in the future of decentralized manufacturing of cell therapies in highly-controlled, closed, automated systems such as those blood centers have been using for years to process blood and blood components supplies to hospitals every day. Indeed late last year…

PARIS, FranceMay, 2023 Outstanding ISCT 2023  session “Automation and Digitalization in Manufacturing” moderated by Shannon Eaker with J. Kelly Ganjei, Edwin Stone, and Jeet Sarkar. What are the barriers to the adoption of automation and digitization in manufacturing and what are the range of explore potential solutions? Panel makes the point that the industry currently…

Four facts about BCA’s Advanced Therapies Network WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandMay, 2023 BBCA centers generate >$3B in revenue annually managing >50% of the country’s supply of blood and blood components from >500 facilities owned by ~65 centers in 43 states supplying biomaterials from >3.5 million annual donors to thousands of hospitals. BCA additionally represents access…

BCA member, BioBridge Global, becomes an affiliate member of AATB WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandMay, 2023 It is nice to see one of our centers, BioBridge Global, profiled by our sister organization AATB. BioBridge Global is a nonprofit organization that utilizes advanced therapies to improve and save patients’ lives. Blood Centers of America is proud of…

Legend Biotech and The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson seek approval to get its Carvykti to more patients WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandJune, 2023 With its latest FDA filing,Legend Biotech and The Janssen Pharmaceutica; Companies of Johnson & Johnson seeks approval to get its Carvykti to more patients. After gaining approval 16 months ago for…

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. announces the FDA acceptance of its BLA submission WEST WARWICK, Rhode IslandMay, 2023 Another step toward commercial approval, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. announced yesterday that with the FDA acceptance of its BLA submission for its lifileucel cell therapy and its Priority Review status, its PDUFA date is November 25 this year. Furthermore, the…