image of eye retina
A section of a retina from a four-week-old mouse retina stained to highlight the layers of cells, including the retinal ganglion et the bottom of the retina. The Life Biosciences/Forge Biologics gene therapy production agreement will address aging-related diseases, including ophthalmic disorders that involve retinal ganglion cell dysfunction. [Special thanks to Mark Emerson, PhD, Biology Department, City College of New York, for providing the image.]

Life Biosciences and Forge Biologics entered into a manufacturing partnership to help advance Life Bio’s partial epigenetic reprogramming platform to address aging-related diseases, including its lead program targeting ophthalmic indications.

“Life Bio is an emerging leader in the development of novel therapies for aging-related diseases, and we are thrilled to serve as their cGMP manufacturing partner to help advance the manufacturing of AAV for their innovative cellular rejuvenation technology, which has the potential to benefit millions of aging patients worldwide,” said Timothy J. Miller, PhD, CEO, president, and co-founder of Forge.

Through this partnership, Forge Biologics will provide adeno-associated virus (AAV) process development, toxicology, current good manufacturing practices, and analytical services to Life Biosciences. The company will utilize Forge’s platform processes, including its HEK293 suspension Ignition Cells™ and pEMBR™ adenovirus helper plasmid. All development and AAV manufacturing activities will occur at the Hearth, Forge’s 200,000 square foot gene therapy facility in Columbus, OH.

“We believe we’re on the cusp of revolutionizing medicine with our cellular rejuvenation capabilities across a range of aging-related diseases, including ophthalmic disorders that involve retinal ganglion cell dysfunction,” added Jerry McLaughlin, CEO of Life Biosciences. “We are confident our partnership with Forge will have a tremendous impact on our ability to enhance the speed and quality with which we can manufacture our therapeutic candidates as we progress toward the first human clinical trials and continue to develop treatments to reverse diseases of aging by restoring cells to a more youthful state.”

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