Cartherics, a biotechnology company developing immune cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, will be presenting at the upcoming 2023 BIO International Convention in Boston.
Scarlet Therapeutics, a leader in red blood cell-based therapeutics, has raised seed funding from Science Creates Ventures and Meltwind to develop its platform and build a pipeline of novel therapies.
Neurimmune has announced that primary results of its phase 1 proof-of-concept study of NI006, a recombinant human antibody to deplete amyloid deposits in ATTR cardiomyopathy, have been presented in Prague at Heart Failure 2023, a scientific congress of...
Locate Bio, a UK-based orthobiologics company, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device designation for LDGraft.
HexisLab, a UK biotech company, has secured a £490,000 funding grant from Innovate UK to develop a scale-up manufacturing process for its novel sustainable and green ingredients.
Sania Therapeutics, a new biotech company focused on developing genetic medicines for neural circuit dysfunction, has launched by unveiling its suite of proprietary patented platforms at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) conference.
iOnctura, a clinical stage biotech company developing breakthrough therapies for cancer, has announced the peer-reviewed publication of translational research on the novel autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor IOA-289.
Mursla Bio will present its novel tissue-specific Extracellular Vesicle (EV) isolation technology NEXPLOR at the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) annual meeting.
SiSaf has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (PRDD) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its osteopetrosis treatment, SIS-101-ADO.
UCB and Ariceum have announced a strategic research collaboration to identify and develop systemic targeted radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of solid tumors and immune-related diseases.
Servier has received marketing approval from the European Commission (EC) for Tibsovo (ivosidenib tablets) to treat isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1)-mutated acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and IDH1-mutated cholangiocarcinoma.
The Japanese pharmaceutical giant Astellas Pharma has taken over the U.S. company Iveric Bio in a $5.9 billion deal to get hold of its ophthalmology-focused pipeline.
The company finalizes a deal to establish its first manufacturing facility in Africa, which will have the capacity to produce 500 million vaccine doses per year.
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Measuring potency for gene and cell therapies is not so clear-cut, and some companies have hit roadblocks in their submissions to regulatory agencies as a result.
Gerresheimer has enhanced its manufacturing capabilities in India, in an effort to ensure consistent, local supply for pharma and healthcare operations.
A global biomanufacturing training hub will be established in Korea to serve low- and middle-income countries wishing to produce biologicals such as vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatments.
Last week saw the WHO announce the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines on the African continent, as part of the global mRNA technology transfer hub project.
The biologics CDMO market is expected to grow by US$8.65bn from 2021 to 2026, at a CAGR of 12.2% during the forecast period, according to new market data from Technavio.
Moderna and the Australian government have announced an agreement in principle to build a mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Victoria, Australia: providing up to 100 million doses a year.
A new report reveals that “speed-to-market” has jumped up from a lower-ranking business driver before the pandemic to the top priority today for biopharma companies, overtaking cost-based considerations by a healthy margin.
Marken, the clinical trial logistics subsidiary of UPS Healthcare, is adding significant capacity to support increased demand for its clinical drug supply chain services, particularly for cell and gene clinical trials.
Live biotherapeutic product (LBP) developer, 4D Pharma, says it is building a ‘strong body of evidence’ for its portfolio of bacterial strains in relation to cancer, asthma, and neurodegenerative diseases, while the company also calls its recent dual...
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BeiGene’s immunotherapy becomes its first treatment to receive approval in China and Boehringer announces that it has begun manufacture of the product.
GE Healthcare assigns Pharmadule Morimatsu to expand the offering of its ‘factory in a box’, known as KUBio, enabling the scale-up of biologics manufacture.
The high growth rate in the uptake of biologics in emerging markets represents a major opportunity for those companies developing biosimilars, suggests one pharma exec.
Merck announces that it has reallocated Gardasil from the US CDC stockpiles, as a surge in demand sees revenues from the vaccine rise 26% year-on-year.
NIH and the Gates Foundation have set themselves the goal of bringing curative gene therapies to clinical trials in the US and Africa in the next seven to 10 years.
Shanghai Pharma and Biocad established a joint venture to commercialize the latter’s portfolio of biosimilars and biologic treatments for the Chinese market.
iBio grants CC-Pharming exclusive license to commercialize rituximab in China, as well as a research license to bring its FastPharming technology to the country.
In 1H financials, WuXi Biologics outlines positive developments across its ‘three major markets’, stressing that US growth is still strong despite US-China trade relations.
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories enters a $31m market with the launch of Versavo, a biosimilar of Roche’s Avastin in India, indicated for several types of cancer.
Increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and treatment with biologics is expected to boost the prefilled syringes market by 10% in the next few years.
