Biopharma

Overview

Unleash the full potential of your R&D team

Ginkgo’s services empower customers across all stages of the drug development pipeline, from discovery through manufacturing. Our world-class synthetic biology platform combines computational design and ultra high throughput genetic engineering and screening with expertise in process development and manufacturing scale-up. Ginkgo helps your R&D team develop more effective therapeutics and solve your greatest drug development challenges.

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Harness biology’s full breadth
for therapeutics and vaccines.

From small molecule discovery and manufacturing to biologics, cell and gene therapy, RNA therapeutics and vaccines, and beyond, Ginkgo is your cell engineering partner. Our services enable discovery, optimization, and scale up for a wide range of therapeutics modalities. See below for a selection of our application areas and case studies.

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Select Application Areas

Biocatalysis & Biosynthesis for API Manufacturing

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Biocatalysis & Biosynthesis for API Manufacturing

Discover and optimize the activity, function, and manufacturing of enzymes to replace chemical synthesis steps
Leverage our metabolic engineering expertise to create sustainable production processes and supply chains for small molecule medicines via fermentation
Engineer production host organisms to optimize manufacturing processes

RNA Therapeutics & Vaccines

RNA Therapeutics & Vaccines

Utilize proprietary assays and ultra high throughput screening to optimize the activity and stability of linear and circular RNA for enhanced function and tissue-specific expression and manufacture candidates in quantities ready for animal studies
Optimize the activity and production of enzyme reagents used in RNA manufacturing and in vitro translation
Increase plasmid titer and optimize downstream processing yield to reduce manufacturing costs

Cell Therapies

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Cell Therapies

Rapid, high throughput lentiviral vector packaging, immune cell engineering and functional assays
Design and screening of large pooled combinatorial libraries of CAR domains to find the most effective designs for novel cell types and novel binders
Design and screening of switch receptors and synthetic cytokine receptors for immune cell armoring

Gene Therapies

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Gene Therapies

Design and screen payloads with custom regulatory elements for strength, length, and cell type specificity.
Engineer viral capsids to develop gene therapies with enhanced tropism, reduced immunogenicity, and improved transduction efficiency.
Improve your AAV production process with more productive cell lines, optimized plasmids, and high throughput small molecule screens for increased yield and reduced cost

Biologics Discovery & Manufacturing

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Biologics Discovery & Manufacturing

Design novel therapeutic proteins with high throughput assays for function and manufacturability
Optimize protein expression in microbial host cells for reduced manufacturing costs

Microbiome

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Microbiome

Use high throughput characterization to identify key gut microbiome strains and their modes of action
Develop living medicines through metabolic engineering and enzyme optimization
Create more effective microbiome therapies using ultra high throughput screening to evaluate impact of microbiome produced small molecules on immune system

And more…

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And more…

Discover natural products and gene editing systems using genome mining of proprietary sequence databases
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Services We Provide

Explore Ginkgo’s capabilities to learn how you can leverage biology to solve your challenges.

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We program cells—enabling you to grow the future of medicine, materials, food, and more.

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What We Do

Featured Projects & News

Ginkgo is your end-to-end synthetic biology R&D partner. Browse a selection of our partner projects and case studies to explore how our services are being used across industries.

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Enzymes

Whether you’re looking for a biocatalyst to replace a chemical synthesis step, looking to improve your enzyme’s function, or aiming to lower your manufacturing costs, Ginkgo’s best-in-class enzyme capabilities empower your R&D.

Enzymes

MARKETS WE SERVE

Overview

Unleash the full potential of your R&D team

Harness biology’s full breadth for therapeutics and vaccines.

Select Application Areas

Biocatalysis & Biosynthesis for API Manufacturing

Biocatalysis & Biosynthesis for API Manufacturing

RNA Therapeutics & Vaccines

RNA Therapeutics & Vaccines

Cell Therapies

Cell Therapies

Gene Therapies

Gene Therapies

Biologics Discovery & Manufacturing

Biologics Discovery & Manufacturing

Microbiome

Microbiome

And more…

And more…

Services We Provide

Enzyme Services

Protein Services

Metabolic Engineering Services

Strain Optimization Services

Process Design & Scale Up Services

Biosecurity Services

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Featured Projects & News

Enzymes

Optimizing Crucial Drug Manufacturing of APIs with Merck

Improving the Specificity and Activity of a Biocatalyst

Enzyme Discovery Powered by Large Metagenomic Libraries

Optimizing Enzyme Expression and Performance with Zymtronix

The Enzyme Intelligence Virtual Event

Advancing Treatments for Orphan and Rare Diseases with Selecta Biosciences

Improving the Manufacture of Biosynthetic Heparin with Optimvia

Developing Water Quality Biosensors with FREDSense

Investigational Synthetic Biotic Medicine for Homocystinuria with Synlogic

Discovering Novel Live Biotherapeutics with Microba

New Platform Venture: Launching BiomEdit

Launching Ginkgo Enzyme Services

Developing High-Efficacy Adjuvants for Vaccines with SaponiQx

New Platform Ventures: Launching Verb Biotics, Ayana Bio

Optimizing Key Components in Vaccine Production for a Global Market

Developing Synthetic Biotics for Gout with Synlogic

Accelerating Production of Essential Medicines with Antheia

Optimizing the Brightness of Glowing Plants with Light Bio

Discovering Enzymes for New Applications

The Era of Living Medicines with Synlogic

Proteins

High Throughput Screening for Designing Novel CAR-T Cell Therapies

Developing Next-Generation Gene Therapy Capsids with Selecta Biosciences

Improving the Manufacture of Biosynthetic Heparin with Optimvia

Revolutionizing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: A Leap Forward in Biocatalysis

Optimizing Silk Protein Production with Bolt Threads

New Platform Venture: Arcaea

Developing Water Quality Biosensors with FREDSense

Engineering Living Biotherapeutics for Gastrointestinal Health with Tantu

A New Modality of Medicine: Nucleic Acid Vaccines

New Platform Venture: Introducing Motif

Metabolic Engineering

Unlocking the Potential of Expression Systems for Medicines with Novo Nordisk

Optimizing Production of Biobased Speciality Chemicals with Lygos

Producing Rare, Natural Ingredients with Givaudan

Sustainable Beauty and Personal Care Products with Sumitomo Chemical

Metabolic Engineering for Lower Cost Feedstocks

Commercializing Cultured Ingredients with Robertet

Celebrating Cronos Group’s First-of-a-Kind CBC Product

Scaling Production of Cultured THCV with Cronos Group

Ultra High Throughput Genome Engineering for the Production of Specialty Chemicals

Accelerating Industrial Adoption of High-Performance Biomaterials with Cambium

Biobased Alternatives to Synthetic Polymers with Bioweg

Developing High-Efficacy Adjuvants for Vaccines with SaponiQx

Better Baby Formula with NAMUH

Developing Water Quality Biosensors with FREDSense

Improving Production Efficiency for Vibrant Food Colors with Phytolon

Optimizing the Brightness of Glowing Plants with Light Bio

From Plant to Yeast: Revolutionizing Nutraceutical Production with Ginkgo’s Enzyme Intelligence

Harness biology’s full breadth
for therapeutics and vaccines.