Ferring takes steps to ensure long term supply of gene therapy

19 April 2024
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Swiss drugmaker Ferring Pharmaceuticals has inked a deal with South Korean contract manufacturing and development organization (CDMO) SK pharmteco.

The firms will work together to scale up commercial manufacturing capacity for the drug substance of Ferring’s gene therapy Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg).

A treatment for certain people with a rare form of bladder cancer, Adstiladrin was  finally approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2022, two years after the agency rejected Ferring’s submission due to issues related to manufacturing.

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