The Vector Production Facility (VPF)

The VPF contains five Class 10,000 manufacturing
suites located between clean and dirty corridors.
It has produced more than 25 clinical grade vector
preparations for in vivo and ex vivo use. In addition, the staff have experience in the preparation and
purification of plasmids and monoclonal antibodies.

The Facility is a National Gene Vector Laboratory for
the manufacture of adenoviral vectors and has, in
addition, manufactured the following:

• Master Cell Banks
  
• Working Cell Banks
  
• Master and Working Virus/Cell Banks
  • Adenoviral Vectors
  • Retroviral Vectors
  • Herpes Vectors

Manufacturing is performed following Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) under the auspices
of the CAGT Quality Assurance Group

Products have been manufactured for:

CAGT clinical protocols at the Methodist
and Texas Children's hospitals in Houston

• Clinical investigators in the United States,
  Singapore, Australia, Europe and Japan
  
• Biotechnology Companies

For further information contact Dr. Zhuyong Mei at:
zmei@bcm.edu

For contract manufacturing contact Myrlena Lee at:
myrlenal@bcm.edu

 

 

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(Modified: September 21st, 2007 - jb)