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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Open Biopharma and Argonaut Manufacturing Services selected to host BIO International Ecosystem Tour in North County, San Diego.
CARLSBAD, CA, Mar. 3, 2020 Open Biopharma Research and Training Institute and Argonaut Manufacturing Services announced today their selection as a Biotech Ecosystem Tour for the 2020 BIO International Convention. Ecosystem Tours are competitively chosen by BIO to best represent the local biotech community and innovation to convention attendees, and this tour will explore the San Diego region’s North County biotech hub of Carlsbad. The tour, aptly titled “The Future of Biomanufacturing: From Concept to Application”, will also mark the first joint event of Open Biopharma and Argonaut’s partnership.
The tour will bring attendees to the forefront of biomanufacturing by visiting both Open Biopharma; a CRB FutureFacility™, and Argonaut; a state-of-the-art GMP contract manufacturer featuring automation and advanced robotics.
Open Biopharma is a nonprofit educational biomanufacturing training center and research space which provides sandbox ballroom laboratories and training courses. Open Biopharma’s goal is to reduce the cost of biopharmaceuticals by reducing research and training-related market inefficiencies, and in turn lowering drug prices. Eventual drug production is accelerated by the availability of cost-effective pilot programs and resources.
Argonaut is a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) for life sciences, molecular diagnostics, and biopharmaceuticals, which requires industry-leading technology and flexibility. Tour attendees will experience Argonaut’s state-of-the-art GMP facility, featuring functionally-dedicated cleanrooms, lyophilization capabilities, and an automated drug product aseptic fill/finish line. This modular clinical and commercial filling platform is the most advanced of its kind, and is optimized to minimize risk and maximize drug substance yield for high-value and low-volume filling applications.
In combination, the tour of both facilities will educate attendees on the development of next-gen biomanufacturing concepts and how they can be applied. Open Biopharma and Argonaut’s leadership teams will be available during the tour to engage with attendees on potential partnership opportunities.
“The Future of Biomanufacturing: From Concept to Application” BIO International Biotech Ecosystem Tour will take place Monday June 8, from 10:00AM to 3:00PM and is now open for registration. To sign up for the tour, visit https://www.bio.org/events/bio-international-convention to register or modify your existing registration.
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