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CGT Development Is Booming, But Manufacturing Workforce Must Keep Up

 
• By Amanda Micklus and Shardha Millington

Due to the unprecedented growth in the development of cell and gene therapies over the past decade, there is now high demand for certain workforce roles, especially in highly specialized areas and entry-level manufacturing positions.

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Research into workforce demands in cell and gene therapy, conducted by Citeline in collaboration with the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) and performed with industry and academic subject matter experts, was prompted by an executive order issued by the Biden administration in September 2022 to launch the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative. The order aims to coordinate the US government’s approach to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing toward innovative solutions in multiple sectors. ARM shared the results of the qualitative and quantitative research publicly in their workforce gap analysis report, published in March 2023.

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