Benchtop manufacturing gets smaller

Publisher’s note: This story originally ran in the Nov. 15, 2018 issue of BioCentury Innovations, a comprehensive source of developments in translational research with knowledgeable perspectives on the key innovations, trends and opportunities in early drug development - from idea to IND. Sign up for a free trial to BioCentury Innovations.

MIT scientists continue to break new ground in benchtop manufacturing systems for biologics. Published in Nature Biotechnology last month, the latest advance from the institute centered on an automated, closed system capable of producing clinical-grade therapeutic proteins in three days...