Amit Chandra is Innovation Manager for Cell Therapies at Yposkesi. His role includes working with the Cell Therapy Development Team to identify, commission and install suitable technologies to provide closed systems and scaled production of therapeutics made with pluripotent stem cells. Located in Corbeil-Essonnes, 25 miles south-east of Paris, Yposkesi was created in November 2016 by AFM-Téléthon, France and supported by Bpifrance. The company aims to manufacture the first cell and gene therapy treatments available to patients and market them at a fair and controlled price.
Prior to joining Yposkesi, Amit was at the Centre for Biological Engineering (CBE) at Loughborough University. His responsibilities at the CBE (working with multiple translational academic teams) included setting up the multi-disciplinary research centre, which included a GMP facility and research projects like the Pluripotent Stem Cell Platform funded by the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform. Amit was the Engineering Lead for the Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility (CTMF) where he worked with the CTMF team for the design, construction and commissioning of a GMP facility. The CTMF was unique as it included an automated GMP-specified cell culture platform (TAP Biosystems/Sartorius Compact Select) incorporating a Grade A processing environment. The facility including the platform was validated to an operational qualification level.