DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Medicine Partners, an organization that delivers process development, manufacturing, analytical development and testing for advanced therapy products, today announced its launch from Jaguar Gene Therapy with funding led by Deerfield Management Company, with additional investors including ARCH Venture Partners, Nolan Capital and others. The newly independent company is helmed by a team of experts who were directly responsible for the CMC efforts for numerous commercially available therapeutics including three globally approved gene therapies. The organization will continue to lead CMC efforts for Jaguar Gene Therapy’s pipeline programs, will support CMC work for Deerfield academic projects and private portfolio companies, and has initiated work for several biotech and pharmaceutical clients.
“Advanced Medicine Partners is a science- and mission-driven organization made up of one of the most experienced genetic medicines teams in the industry, and we are driven to deliver products and services that aim to set a new standard in the manufacturing and testing of innovative therapies,” said Andrew Knudten, CEO of Advanced Medicine Partners. “With so many biotechnology companies being slowed or halted due to manufacturing challenges including product quality and scalability, we have the experienced people and technology to deliver what’s acutely needed right now – therapeutic product with purity and potency levels that exceed expectations of partnering companies and regulators, and that will potentially bring positive benefit to patients.”
Advanced Medicine Partners has a proprietary and proven development platform and has established a robust and reproducible adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing process, which is among the most productive in the industry and consistently generates industry-leading functional full capsid ratios. Advanced Medicine Partners’ process has been used with multiple genes of interest as well as multiple wild-type AAV serotypes and engineered capsids. This manufacturing process prioritizes patient safety while reducing cost of goods and will strive to set the standard for what regulatory agencies expect and patients deserve. The company has also developed a suite of platform analytical methods that can be licensed and offers assay development services.
Advanced Medicine Partners brings extensive operational experience from Jaguar Gene Therapy and other biotechnology companies, including AveXis, Novartis and Amgen. The Advanced Medicine Partners team has manufactured upwards of 350 total non-GMP batches and supplied over 20 preclinical studies, including IND-enabling efficacy and good laboratory practice (GLP) toxicology studies, as part of Jaguar. In addition to Advanced Medicine Partners’ manufacturing and analytical testing capabilities, the company offers GMP tech transfer capabilities and virtual CMC support.
Advanced Medicine Partners currently operates with more than 33,000 square feet of lab, office and warehouse space in Cary and Durham, North Carolina. The company is in the process of building out a 174,000-square-foot GMP manufacturing facility in Durham. Advanced Medicine Partners has the ability to build dedicated capacity for partnered companies in this new facility.
“We are very pleased to partner with the highly experienced team at Advanced Medicine Partners,” said Jonathan Leff, Partner at Deerfield Management Company. “With the demonstrated track record of the leadership team, the company brings much needed expertise and capability to the development and manufacturing of advanced products such as gene and cell therapies.”
ABOUT ADVANCED MEDICINE PARTNERS
Advanced Medicine Partners, LLC is driven to accelerate the development of innovative advanced medicines to enable partnering companies to make a positive difference for the patients they serve. With one of the most experienced genetic medicines teams – at all levels, from bench to boardroom – in the industry, the company uses its expertise to produce best-in-class advanced therapy products and analytics. Advanced Medicine Partners’ exclusive manufacturing platform consistently produces yields that are among the highest in the industry and purity profiles that continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible. For more information, please visit www.ampgtx.com and follow Advanced Medicine Partners on LinkedIn.
ABOUT JAGUAR GENE THERAPY
Jaguar Gene Therapy, LLC is dedicated to accelerating breakthroughs in gene therapy for patients suffering from severe genetic diseases including those that impact sizeable patient populations. The company is made up of a proven team of experts who have first-hand experience in bringing novel gene therapy treatments to patients and their families. Jaguar is rapidly advancing an initial pipeline of three programs. The company’s lead program, with a pending IND, targets severe neurodevelopmental disorders caused by mutations or deletions in SHANK3 including a genetic form of autism spectrum disorder and Phelan-McDermid syndrome. The second pipeline program targets Type 1 galactosemia and the third targets Type 1 diabetes. Jaguar partners with Advanced Medicine Partners, soon to be spun out from Jaguar, to produce its therapeutics. For more information, please visit www.jaguargenetherapy.com and follow Jaguar Gene Therapy on LinkedIn.
