Biomanufacturing Company Vector BioMed Launches with Mission to Provide Access to High-Quality Lentiviral Vectors and Address the Vector Supply Bottleneck
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Jan 31, 2023, 07:30 ET
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First Round Funding Led by Viking Global Investors and Casdin Capital
Boro Dropulić, Ph.D., MBA, named Chief Executive Officer of Vector BioMed
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Vector BioMed, a biomanufacturing company specializing in the manufacture of lentiviral vectors, today announced its launch and first financing round led by Viking Global Investors and Casdin Capital. The funds will support the acceleration of commercial operations to provide rapid access to high-quality lentiviral vectors for pre-clinical development, clinical trials, and commercialization.
In contrast to traditional contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs), Vector BioMed is a solution provider that will provide partners with the capabilities to take their lentiviral vector-based medicinal concepts into the clinic and accelerate their path to commercialization. Vector BioMed will help address the industry’s current vector supply bottleneck by providing lentiviral vectors at scale, while also offering turnkey solutions for vector design and optimization, pre-clinical manufacturing, GMP manufacturing, and other support services.
In conjunction with the funding and launch, co-founder Boro Dropulić, Ph.D., MBA has…