Gene therapy developer advancing AAV programs in ophthalmology, metabolic disease, and neurology
Kriya is a clinical-stage gene therapy company with operations spanning Research Triangle Park and Palo Alto, structured around late-phase program analytics, manufacturing automation, and GMP compliance. The stack reveals a manufacturing-and-data operations company: NONMEM and ddPCR for assay work, SCADA/MES/DeltaV/Allen-Bradley for facility automation, and emerging adoption of MES with data analytics integration. Leadership hiring (directors, clinical data management lead) combined with heavy ops and quality focus signals scaling of GMP manufacturing and clinical operations for late-stage pipeline advancement.
Notable leadership hires: Clinical Data Management Lead
Kriya Therapeutics develops gene therapies targeting ophthalmology, metabolic disease, and neurology, with a pipeline funded by over $900 million in capital. The company operates dual hubs in Morrisville, NC and Palo Alto, CA, structured around translational research, manufacturing, quality assurance, and clinical development. Active projects center on analytical method validation, AAV vector characterization, clinical trial infrastructure (IRT systems), and automation platform modernization (LIMS, OSIsoft PI, MES integration). The hiring acceleration across ops, research, and quality roles reflects manufacturing scale-up ahead of phase 3 and commercial readiness.
Late-phase analytical method development for AAV programs, LIMS implementation, MES integration with data analytics, IRT system configuration for clinical trials, and facility automation validation (Siemens, OSIsoft PI, Allen-Bradley platforms).
Manufacturing and analytics: NONMEM, R, ddPCR, HPLC (assays); OSIsoft PI, DeltaV, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, PLC, SCADA (facility automation); Tulip, MES (manufacturing execution); Streamlit, Shiny, Python (data). Adopting MES integration.
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