Panel: Decentralized and point of care manufacturing: viability in today’s landscape

Decentralized manufacturing offers the potential to shorten vein-to-vein times and bring production closer to patients, but questions remain around scalability, quality, and economics. This panel explores how digitalization, modular facilities, and closed systems are shaping the viability of decentralized models in today’s advanced therapy landscape. 

Key takeaways:  

• Assess whether quality and consistency can be maintained across multiple decentralized sites 

• Compare economic trade-offs between decentralized models and centralized hubs 

• Explore workforce capability and training requirements for decentralized production 

• Examine innovations in modular facilities, digitalization, and closed systems that enable localized manufacturing 

• Evaluate scalability and long-term sustainability of point of care manufacturing approaches