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Cellares in High Demand

Cellares, a leading Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organisation (IDMO), continues to transform cell therapy manufacturing with advanced automation, smart factories, and strategic global expansion.

Category: Business Published Date: 2 March 2026
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Introduction

Cellares is a leading Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organisation (IDMO) that provides full-fledged manufacturing services to boost scalability and reduce costs. The company believes in modernising its infrastructure and operations. This is the reason why Cellares is focusing on constructing smart factories in Japan, Europe and the U.S. This will double the efficiency and effectiveness of cell therapies.

Announcement

Cellares consistently earns immense success from its first-ever FDA’s new upgraded manufacturing technology designation to now, this million dollars in series D financing. The company has locked $257 million to complete the site work of cell therapy manufacturing for contributing to marketing-level production. Whereas, the new advanced manufacturing technology will be equipped for the clinical production process by this year and also join the new plant’s commercial stage manufacturing services from 2027.

What Else is in the Cellares Excellence List?

Apart from this, the company’s San Francisco division has established the Cell Shuttle platform. This platform is automated, quick and closed, ensuring support in the making of cell therapies. The idea of adding full cell therapy production potential into a box will somehow mitigate labor needs, process failures, and cover the need for space to perform and prove the production potential as a whole.

This will be a call for relief to various other cell therapies and CAR T cell therapies, making it affordable and convenient for patients. Cellares will also use its new funding on the Netherlands and Japan’s construction project. Last month, the company revealed its renting of 105,000 sq.ft. facility in the Netherlands. Next, Cellares will build a site for seamless operations to bolster the clinical production.

The new facility will be preparing cell therapies for European patients. It's known that, the cell therapies are seen prioritising the time and come in personalisation, the regional production potential plays a fundamental role in contributing to programs success via clinic and marketing use. The company analysed this at first and chose the region.

Cellares Support System

BMS backed Cellares in making CAR T cell therapies for various regional pharma in Japan, the European Union and the U.S. BMS itself runs its own cell therapy facility and sells Breyanzi and Abecma, the effective CAR T cancer treatments. Alongside, Cellares joined hands with Cabaletta Bio to be involved in the first ever cell therapy product manufacturing practice for clinical use purpose on its promising Cell Shuttle platform. Cellares grew strong, capable and smart throughout its valuable partnership deals.

Author

Chandni Pathak

Chandni Pathak

Holding M.Pharm in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chandni crafts cutting-edge, research-driven healthcare news for Towards Healthcare, combining scientific depth with innovative storytelling to simplify complex topics for global readers.