SAN DIEGO– Argonaut Manufacturing Services a leading contract manufacturing organization, and n-Lorem, a nonprofit foundation, today announced a new partnership that supports and reduces the cost of manufacturing of n-Lorem’s experimental antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) medicines developed for nano-rare disease patients (1 to 30 patients worldwide) for free, for life.
“Providing nano-rare patients, who would otherwise be largely ignored by our current drug discovery paradigm, with a personalized approach for free is a remarkable undertaking and one that requires the commitment of many people and organizations. We are pleased to add Argonaut to our growing list of the industry’s best to support the highest-quality drug discovery, development, and manufacturing for our patients. Reducing the cost of manufacturing translates into lower per-patient costs, which is important for our non-profit and important for our patients who depend upon us and our partners,” said Stanley T. Crooke, M.D., Ph.D., Founder, CEO and Chairman of n-Lorem Foundation. “At n-Lorem, we are fortunate that our partners can integrate seamlessly and efficiently with us and together we work toward making a difference for our nano-rare patient today and tomorrow.”
“At Argonaut, we are incredibly proud to be working with this distinguished group of experts at the n-Lorem Foundation. We are focused on delivering the best contract manufacturing support to the innovators and creators, in the biopharma industry. Partnering with the n-Lorem Foundation provides us with the unique opportunity to apply our leading aseptic drug product manufacturing technology in support of nano-rare patients,” said Wayne Woodard, Founder and CEO of Argonaut. “I have been impressed with Stan’s vision and leadership with n-Lorem’s charitable approach, and the overall progress of the foundation in such a short time. We are committed strategic partners as we understand that there are > 7,000 known rare to nano-rare diseases. Stan and I share a vision that these patient groups will have access to the life improving or lifesaving drugs that need to be developed. As such, we are honored to work with n-Lorem.”
“For decades, patient care for rare disease and now nano-rare patients has improved with technological advancement. n-Lorem has established the best partners in rare disease research, and we at Argonaut will be the final step in the sterile fill finish of these life-saving therapies. Our world class platform and expertise in drug product manufacturing were designed specifically for small batch drug product manufacturing that is specifically valuable for rare and orphan disease. This expertise and leadership is what we bring together with n-Lorem,” said Eric Blair, Chief Commercial Officer at Argonaut.
