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Forge Biologics is a gene therapy manufacturing, and therapeutics company based in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 2020 & led by Tim Miller, Forge has built one of the largest AAV manufacturing facilities, with end-to-end production from 50L to 5K liters right in the Midwest.
The company’s facility is called “Hearth.” Made up of ~200K square feet with 20 cGMP suites customized for a given host and AAV. Forge offers everything from process development to plasmid DNA & AAV production, to regulatory consulting.
Forge has collaborations with companies like Solid Biosciences & Eikonoklastes Therapeutics to power their programs. Forge is also building their own pipeline initially focused on Krabbe Disease, using an AAV to deliver GALC gene through IV to the CNS.
Forge is increasing biomanufacturing capacity in the US. Potentially producing millions of AAV doses per year & increasing supply chain reliability. It also doesn’t hurt that Ohio doesn’t have a corporate income tax. Learn more about Forge here: https://www.forgebiologics.com/