|Articles|April 25, 2023

Discussing Challenges in mRNA Therapeutics with Phil Challis (INTERPHEX 2023)

Phil Challis, vice-president of product development at eTheRNA, discusses four of the major challenges in working with mRNA therapeutics.

Phil Challis, vice-president of product development at eTheRNA, discusses four of the major challenges in working with mRNA therapeutics. Some topics he touches on include; what makes a good RNA construct; making RNA more tolerable; storage and distribution of lipid nanoparticles; and more.

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