Cold Chain Management & Logistics Working Group

Charter

The Cold Chain Management and Logistics Working Group of ISCT is working towards a long-term goal of developing and releasing an ISCT Best Practice document on the topic, relevant to both cell and gene therapies. 

Goals

To gather a comprehensive set of industry perspectives, the group will develop a seven-part survey (including Primary Container Selection, Formulation, Cryopreservation, Storage and Shipping, Stability, Thawing, Post-Thaw Analytics) for broad distribution. Topics were defined from an industry response letter to the FDA in 2022 regarding the ‘Considerations for the Development of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cell Products

Projects & Objectives

  • Hosted Roundtable at ISCT 2025 New Orleans; How to Freeze in the Coldchain
  • Develop a series of blog posts shared through ISCT monthly Newsletter sharing industry best practice on Cryopreservation and Post Thaw Analytics.
  • Host a webinar on the topic of Cryoscaling in Q4 2025

The 2024 Committee

CO-Chair

Olga Bukatova

Azenta, Italy

Co-Chair

Carson Dickey

Modality Solutions
United States

Sam Molina
American Red Cross

Olga Bukatova
Azenta

Jared Young
BioBridge Global

Sean Werner
BioLife Solutions

Garth Herdrich
Cardinal Health

Dominic Clarke
Cryoport Systems

Shawn Thorsen
Cryoport Systems

Eryn Castaneda
ESP

Steve Oh
Independent Consultant

Carson Dickey
Modality Solutions

Rachel Sawyer
Modality Solutions

Jason Carstens
Pluristyx