LatestCliniciansPacientsResearchersCell therapyGen TherapyCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 17 December 2025 CTGCT Newsletter No. 3 – Happy Holidays to everyone! As the year wraps up, we want to share our third official CTGCT newsletter, summarizing a period of great growth, both in our team size and our scientific impact! In the last six months, we ... More
EventsPacientsEconomicsCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 12 December 2025 Event Date: 15 October 2025 do: 17 October 2025 • Building a Sustainable Future: CTGCT at the 4th Teaming Club Conference in Porto From October 15th to 17th, our colleague Vesna Merc joined colleagues and leaders from other Centres of Excellence across Europe for the 4th Teaming Club Conference. Hosted by BIOPOLIS, Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Research ... More
EventsPacientsResearchersATMPsCell therapyLaboratoryManufacturing ProcessResearchCharite BerlinRodrigo Ortiz 10 December 2025 Event Date: 12 January 2026 • 14:00 do: 12 January 2026 • 14:30 CTGCT Science Talks January – Claudia Beltran Mestres On the 12th of January 2026, Claudia Beltran Mestre, from the Berlin Center for Advanced Therapies at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin will present in our CTGCT Science Talks webinar series. The talk is titled "Automation of ... More
ArticlesPacientsResearchersATMPsGMPLaboratoryManufacturing ProcessPre ClinicalUMCUtrechtRodrigo Ortiz 9 December 2025 Bridging the Gap: The Role of GMP Simulation in ATMP Translation In recent decades, the medical toolbox has expanded dramatically. While traditional medicine relied on synthetic drugs (small molecules interacting with specific pathways) and later biologicals like antibodies, we have now entered the era of ... More
EventsPacientsResearchersATMPsClinic studyRegulationCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 18 November 2025 Event Date: 10 November 2025 do: 11 November 2025 • CTGCT at the CREATIC Conference 2025: Driving Advanced Therapy Innovation We were thrilled to participate in the 2nd Central European Conference for Advanced Therapy and Immunotherapy (CREATIC Conference 2025), a significant European event focusing on the advancement of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). Organized ... More
EventsResearchersGMPLaboratoryPre ClinicalUMCUtrechtRodrigo Ortiz 17 November 2025 Event Date: 1 December 2025 • 14:00 do: 1 December 2025 • 14:30 CTGCT Science Talks December – Aiko Ballardini On the 1st of December 2025, Aiko Ballardini, quality control specialist at the Innovation Center for Advanced Therapies (ICAT) of the University Medical Center Utrecht will present in our CTGCT Science Talks webinar series. More
EventsPacientsResearchersGMPLaboratoryResearchRodrigo Ortiz 12 November 2025 Event Date: 10 November 2025 do: 3 November 2025 • Making Viral Vectors Happy: Key Takeaways from Our CTGCT Science Talks Webinar We were thrilled to host Dr. Andrea Rayat for our recent CTGCT Science Talks webinar. Dr. Rayat, an Associate Professor in bioseparations and downstream processing at University College London, delivered an insightful presentation titled, ... More
EventsResearchersCell therapyGen TherapyClinic studyMarketaccessRegulationCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 5 November 2025 Event Date: 27 October 2025 do: 29 October 2025 • CTGCT Takeaways from the World Orphan Drug Congress Europe 2025 CTGCT attended the World Orphan Drug Congress (WODC) Europe 2025 in Amsterdam from the 27th to the 29th of October, an event dedicated to strategies and partnerships in the orphan drug industry. There were ... More
EventsMedia ReleasesPacientsEconomicsInvestmentCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 29 October 2025 Event Date: 23 October 2025 do: 23 October 2025 • CTGCT Highlights Role of AI in Medicine at Austria-Slovenia Business Forum On October 23, 2025, the "Austria – Slovenia: Connected for the Future" business forum happened in Vienna, uniting nearly 300 leaders from the economy, research, and diplomacy. The event, organized by SPIRIT Slovenia and ... More
ATMPsCell therapyGen TherapyBusiness ModelDrug DiscoveryEconomicsMarketaccessRegulationCTGCTGregor Cuzak 10 October 2025 Academic developers for affordable medicines CTGCT (Centre for the Technologies of Gene and Cell Therapy, at National institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana) has joined the statement to preserve the Hospital Exemption in the revised EU pharmaceutical legislation. The Joint Statement, ... More
Media ReleasesCliniciansPacientsResearchersATMPsGen TherapyResearchCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 10 October 2025 A Nobel-Worthy Topic: Harnessing Inflammation to Fight Cancer On October 6th, the very day the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for groundbreaking work in T-cell based cancer immunotherapy, our CTGCT community had the pleasure of hosting a talk ... More
Charite BerlinCTGCTNICTUDUCLUMCUtrechtGregor Cuzak 3 October 2025 CTGCT DAYS 2025 – Spotlight on Tomorrow’s Medicine The Centre for the Technologies of Gene and Cell Therapy (CTGCT) hosted the second edition of CTGCT Days from 15 to 17 September 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Over three days, the conference brought together ... More