AavantiBio and Resilience Announce Strategic Collaboration for Gene Therapy Development and Manufacturing
UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, and National Resilience, Inc. (Resilience), a company building the world’s most advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing ecosystem and who recently acquired UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices, announced a strategic collaboration to support the development and manufacturing of AavantiBio’s pipeline of therapies, including its lead program in Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA).
Resilience will provide process development and GMP manufacturing services including cell lines and viral banks for AavantiBio’s adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector-based therapeutic FA candidate for use in both pre-clinical studies, and Phase I/II clinical trials in the U.S. and Europe. Resilience will assist in the development and optimization of the manufacturing processes for GLP Tox and first-in human material at its 183,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in Alachua, Florida.
“This partnership supports our immediate and long-term objectives in developing and ultimately commercializing our diverse pipeline of gene therapies, beginning with our lead FA program,” said Bo Cumbo, president and chief executive officer of AavantiBio. “With an emphasis on Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) for gene therapies, we are committed to ensuring the quality of manufacturing processes along with analytical development. We look forward to a lasting collaboration with Resilience as we execute on our mission of bringing new therapies to patient populations.”
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