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Gene & Cell Therapy

Gene & Cell Therapy

Advanced therapies where the regulatory path is still being written, the manufacturing is the product, and the people who have done it before can be counted.

The problem

The process is the product, and the talent pool is tiny.

For a small molecule you can characterise the product and control the process loosely. For an autologous therapy you often cannot fully characterise the product at all, so control shifts almost entirely onto the process, the facility and the people running it. Every deviation becomes a potential product impact rather than a paperwork exercise.

That would be hard enough with a mature talent market. There is not one. The number of people who have genuinely run a batch-of-one manufacturing quality system, or defended a potency assay to a regulator, is small, and the companies competing for them are well funded.

Speed of access matters more here than anywhere else we work. When a real specialist becomes available, the window is days, and it closes whether or not your requisition has been approved.

Talk to a specialist

Tell us the problem. A specialist replies, not a form robot.

What we do

What we are asked for most.

01

Vein-to-vein logistics

Quality and operations resource for chain of identity and chain of custody.

What that means for you

  • Controls designed for a single-patient batch
  • Deviation handling when the batch cannot be remade
  • Systems that hold across sites and couriers
02

Potency and comparability

Analytical specialists for the assays regulators question hardest.

What that means for you

  • Potency arguments built to survive review
  • Comparability across process changes
  • Method validation appropriate to the stage
03

Accelerated pathways

RMAT, PRIME and breakthrough designations, and the evidence they demand.

What that means for you

  • Designation requests argued on real data
  • Accelerated timelines planned rather than reacted to
  • Post-approval commitments tracked from the start
04

GMP for autologous

Batch-of-one manufacturing quality systems that still hold up.

What that means for you

  • Release strategies that fit the modality
  • Environmental and facility controls
  • Documentation designed for the process reality
05

Long-term follow-up

Registry and pharmacovigilance support across extended observation periods.

What that means for you

  • Follow-up obligations planned from first dosing
  • Data capture that survives fifteen years
  • Reporting commitments tracked properly
06

Scarce expertise

Access to a pool most generalist recruiters cannot reach.

What that means for you

  • A network built in this modality specifically
  • Fast movement when someone becomes available
  • An honest read when a profile is not what it appears

Days

The window when a genuine specialist becomes available

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Questions

Questions we get asked before the first call.

Do you actually have people in this space?

We have a network in it, which is the honest answer. Nobody has a bench of available cell therapy quality leads sitting idle. What we can do is reach the people who exist and move quickly when one is between engagements.

Autologous or allogeneic?

Both, though they are genuinely different problems. Autologous work is dominated by chain of identity and single-patient batch control. Allogeneic looks closer to conventional biologics manufacturing with harder comparability questions.

Can you support a designation request?

Yes. RMAT, PRIME and breakthrough requests are won or lost on how the existing data is argued rather than how it is formatted, and the commitments that follow need tracking from day one.

We are moving from academic to GMP manufacturing. Can you help?

That transition is one of the most common reasons companies call us. The gap is rarely scientific. It is documentation, controls, and the discipline of doing exactly the same thing twice.

How do you price scarce roles?

The same way as any other: an agreed rate against a rate card you sign off in advance. Scarcity moves the market rate, and we will show you what the market is actually paying rather than assert it.

Related

Where to go next.

Biotechnology

Where many advanced therapy companies start.

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Quality & Validation

GMP systems built for the process reality.

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Clinical & CRO

Running the studies behind the therapy.

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Send us one requisition.

Judge us on the shortlist, not the sales deck.

Request talent+1 (848) 371-9666