GreenLight and Samsung Biologics complete first commercial-scale engineering run for mRNA Covid-19 vaccine

2 August 2022

USA-based GreenLight Biosciences (Nasdaq: GRNA), a biotechnology company dedicated to making ribonucleic acid (RNA) products affordable and accessible, saw its shares close up almost 10% at $2.33 yesterday, after it announced the successful completion of the first commercial-scale engineering run for the mRNA production partnership with South Korean contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), Samsung Biologics (KRX: 207940.KS).

Since the announcement of the strategic partnership between GreenLight and Samsung Biologics in late 2021, technology transfer and scale-up from the lab bench to Samsung’s commercial facility was completed in seven months, demonstrating platform adaptability and scalability.

GreenLight’s process - from drug substance and lipid nanoparticle formulation to bulk drug product - can be completed in the same facility, an important capability. GreenLight’s mRNA synthesis reaction had a titer of 12g/L at commercial scale and produced 650g of mRNA.

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