BPD 2025 Cell and Gene Therapy Symposium & Vendor Show

Platinum Sponsor

Kymanox is a life science professional services firm dedicated to accelerating the development and delivery of modern medicines. We provide comprehensive engineering, scientific, compliance, regulatory, and project management support within the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, and combination product industries. Our expertise spans small and large molecules, drug delivery therapies, and operational readiness, helping clients navigate and de-risk challenges that arise throughout a product's life cycle.

Our scientists support the development of patented solutions, while our engineering teams excel in design and manufacturing to ensure seamless scale-up from concept to commercial production. Operating globally, we serve clients across North America, Europe, and Asia, bringing cutting-edge methodologies to enhance the safety, quality, efficacy, and accessibility of treatments for patients worldwide. Our integrated approach enables us to guide clients through the complex landscape of drug development and commercialization, offering tailored solutions that address specific needs and requirements.

Founded in 2004 and headquartered in North Carolina, Kymanox has grown into a trusted partner for leading life science companies, through our commitment to excellence and innovation. Backed by WestView Capital Partners, we continue to expand our capabilities and global reach to serve both emerging biotech startups and established pharmaceutical corporations.

Visit www.kymanox.com to learn how Kymanox can accelerate your journey from concept to market.

Gold Sponsors

For 50 years, ABEC has exclusively focused on providing customized process solutions and services for the development and manufacturing of the entire range of biopharmaceutical products, including vaccines, antibodies, recombinant proteins, and gene therapy. Privately held and entrepreneurial since inception, our responsiveness and flexibility are essential to our customers’ success, and therefore inherently built into our DNA. With our complete in-house capabilities and industry-leading capacity, no other provider in the industry can match ABEC’s speed in delivering bioprocess equipment and services.
 

Aldevron is a premier manufacturing partner, producing high-quality plasmid DNA, RNA, proteins, and other key components for the development of vaccines, gene and cell therapies, immunotherapies, and other treatments. Headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, and as a part of the Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) family of global science and technology companies, Aldevron supports thousands of scientists who are developing revolutionary, lifesaving treatments for millions of people.

Aldevron operates one of the world’s largest cGMP plasmid DNA manufacturing facilities at company headquarters in Fargo, North Dakota, with additional facilities in Madison, Wisconsin.

Apperture Solutions understands the unique challenges of ATMP manufacturers—regardless of product lifecycle. From establishing a technology infrastructure and information security, through the management of equipment, documents, and materials, to facilitating the use of data for analytics and visualization, we have the expertise and knowledge to support a variety of solutions to meet the ATMP industry development and manufacturing needs.

At Charles River, we’re dedicated to helping you accelerate research and drug development—because every moment matters. Our essential products and services empower pharmaceutical, biotech, government, and academic teams to turn possibilities into breakthroughs. From discovery to early development and safe manufacturing, we provide the solutions you need to bring new therapies to patients faster.

With a rich heritage dating back hundreds of years, Cytiva brings a wealth of technical expertise and talent, a broad and deep portfolio, and exceptional service help researchers and biopharma advance therapeutics at every stage from discovery to delivery.  

We supply the tools and support our customers need to work better, faster, and safer, leading to the delivery of transformative medicines to patients. Our combined portfolio includes well-recognized names such as Allegro™, Supor™, iCELLis™, and Kleenpak™, in addition to ÄKTA™, Amersham™, Biacore™, FlexFactory™, HyClone™, MabSelect™, Sefia™, Whatman™, and Xcellerex™. Visit cytiva.com to learn more. 
 

MilliporeSigma is over 350 years old with presence in over 66 countries. We are a Vibrant Life Science supplier of over 300,000 products, systems and services to the pharma and biotech industry. We have dedicated Emerging Biotech and Commercial Support teams to help empower our customers to solve their toughest challenges. By partnering with you from discovery and development through manufacturing and commercialization we can provide access to comprehensive services, process development tools and education programs and training. We are here to build partnerships and strengthen the biotech community. We help you get it right the first time: We do it for you, with you, or help you do it yourself.

Silver Sponsors

Advanced Therapies is a Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO) that offers advanced platforms and end-to-end solutions that enable the discovery, development, testing, manufacturing, and commercialization of cell and gene therapies. Our services and solutions accelerate time to market and support customer programs around the world. For more information visit www.advancedtherapies.com.

Since 1935, the Beckman name has been synonymous with technologies that simplify and automate lab research and complex biomedical testing. Decades later, our global organization also came to embody the scientific legacy of the Coulter name. Today, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is a trusted, worldwide resource for tools to help optimize research and manufacturing efficiency. Automated liquid handlers. Centrifuges. Flow cytometers. Genomics. Particle counters/analyzers.
 

Global Developer, Manufacturer, and Supplier of High-Quality Reagents, Analytical Instruments, and Precision Diagnostics. Protein detection and analysis instruments to simplify your lab life and improve your protein characterization.
 

The Eppendorf bioprocess portfolio offers comprehensive and scalable hardware and software solutions for R&D, process development, pilot and production.  Our portfolio features upstream bioprocess solutions with working volumes from 50mL-2400L.  We support a wide range of process types, including mammalian and microbial cultures, in glass, stainless steel, and single-use reactors. 
 

Integrated Project Services (IPS) is proud to be a global provider of technical consulting, architecture, engineering, project controls, construction management, and CGMP compliance services for the life sciences industry.
 

Isolere Bio by Donaldson is focused on revolutionizing biomanufacturing with innovative purification technologies. The company works diligently to enhance the efficiency, purity, and cost-effectiveness of biopharmaceutical processes by leveraging cutting-edge materials into next generation solutions. Each product is designed with scalability and sustainability in mind to enable customers to rapidly and reliably commercialize life-saving therapies.

KACTUS offers a comprehensive range of advanced tools to support immunization, screening, and therapeutic research. Our peptide-MHC complexes, including monomers, tetramers, and fluorescently labeled tetramers, are ideal for developing T-cell therapeutics. High-activity CAR-T target proteins are available for early-stage antibody discovery during animal immunization. Our virus-like particle (VLP) display technology ensures proper conformation of multi-transmembrane proteins while enhancing their immunogenicity.

KACTUS also provides research and GMP-grade tools for genetic modification, including the AccuBase™ Base Editor and CRISPR Cas9, supporting applications such as UCAR-T cell therapy. For gene therapy, we offer MaxNuclease to eliminate contaminants like host DNA and plasmid DNA during pharmaceutical production.
 

Kincell Bio engineers cells into therapies. With manufacturing facilities located in Research Triangle Park, NC and Gainesville, FL, Kincell is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) situated in the United States. Kincell Bio’s mission is to streamline CMC development, with expertise in analytical and process development and GMP manufacturing, testing and release from early clinical to pivotal studies and product launch. Kincell Bio is focused on supporting innovative companies developing immune cell therapies, including autologous and allogeneic CAR-T, CAR-NK and CAR-M programs, as well as developing expertise in stem cell products and iPSCs. For more information, visit www.kincellbio.com.

NCBiotech leads life science economic development for North Carolina. We help advance ideas from research to marketplace, overcoming all of the challenges in between. We are transforming businesses, technologies, professionals and whole sectors related to life science. Our continued mission to support innovation, commercialization, education and business growth has made North Carolina a global life science leader.
 

Proanalytics is a premier Single-Use, PAT, and Scientific Equipment Supplier specializing in process analytics with In-Line and On-Line Sensors as well as At-Line and Off-Line Analyzers. We offer products and services for: 
• Bioreactors & Fermentors • Autosamplers & Process Workflow Software 
• Cell Viability & Cell Counting • Non-Contact Flow & Raman Sensors • Metabolite & Off-Gas Analysis • Data Analysis & Data Modeling Software

We have the equipment you need to make your process reproducible and consistent. Our Single-Use program has sterile SU Bottles and custom assemblies.
 

SCIEX is the market leader in providing Mass Spectrometry and Capillary Electrophoresis solutions to address needs and challenges faced during therapeutic development. Our unique technologies enable scientists to achieve comprehensive characterization and sensitive quantification of various modalities, including protein therapeutics, cell & gene therapies, etc., in simple and complex biological matrices.
 

Sepax Bioscience, Inc. was established in 2022 in the USA as an additional entity within the Sepax industrial enterprise which originated with the founding of Sepax Technologies, Inc. in 2002.Headquartered in Newark, Delaware, Sepax Bioscience specializes in the development and manufacturing of process chromatography media for biomolecule purification throughout the drug development lifecycle.Sepax Bioscience offers high-quality chromatography resins tailored for use across the entire drug development process from pre-IND stages through clinical trials (Phases I, II, and III) to commercial GMP production. Its portfolio features chromatography resins with diverse base matrices including agarose, polymer, and silica and supports various chromatography modes such as affinity, ion exchange, reverse phase, hydrophobic interaction, and mixed-mode chromatography. Driven by a commitment to quality and global distribution, Sepax delivers innovative chromatography media solutions to meet the downstream purification needs of the biopharmaceutical and gene therapy industries.

Sepax Bioscience specializes in process chromatography media for the global biopharmaceutical & gene therapy markets. Our extensive resin portfolio includes various separation modes such as IEX, HIC, RP, Affinity, and Mixed-Mode. We offer resins tailored for cell and gene therapy applications including AAV, virus, mRNA, plasmid DNA, and more. By enabling efficient purification processes, our resins play a critical role in accelerating the development and delivery of innovative gene therapy products to market.
 

Preventing and controlling surface contamination in your facility is complex. To ensure you have a robust contamination prevention program, you need the most effective surface disinfectant products and the world-class technical support of STERIS Life Sciences. We can help you to determine the right contamination prevention solutions for your needs.
 

The support of sponsors and vendors is vital to BPD’s ability to maintain low registration fees for attendees. A portion of funds remaining after symposium expenses are paid, are donated to science programs for K-12 young people in NC with emphasis on from historically under-represented groups.