The Cell Therapy Catapult (CTC) UK is in talks over gene and cell therapy partnerships similar to its latest deal with Cancer Research Technology and the University of Birmingham, says Chief Business Officer Matthew Durdy.
MedImmune has the option to acquire a Chinese biologics manufacturing facility for around $100m in an expansion of its joint venture with WuXi Apptech.
Sanofi's recent decision to stop making anti-venom could lead to shortages from next year and place the lives of thousands of people in jeopardy, says the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Takeda has taken a stake in Belgian bioprocessing start-up Univercells as part of a programme aimed at supplying low-cost vaccines to lower-income countries.
The biosimilars space is becoming more crowded as new players are attracted by reduced development costs and growing market confidence, according to a panel of experts.
A $350m investment will make Regeneron’s Limerick plant “the largest-scale bulk biologics production facility in Ireland,” the firm says, and add a further 200 jobs.
Catalent says it is contemplating expanding its Wisconsin single-use biologics facility as strong demand from SMEs and biotechs has almost filled current capacity.
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Repligen could reap the financial rewards from two recently approved cholesterol-lowering proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors, a Jefferies analyst says.
Review of Alexion’s enzyme replacement therapy Kanuma (sebelipase alfa) has been pushed back after the US FDA requested more Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) information.
German biotech Immatics and the University of Texas have spent $60m on spin-out Immatics US to specialise in adoptive cellular therapies (ACT) for cancer.
Development of a successful HIV vaccine will rely on broadly neutralising antibodies (bNAbs), says the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Roche is expanding its manufacturing operations to service its biologics pipeline, but the firm says it will continue to outsource approximately 20% of all production.
With Pfizer closing in on Hospira and Sandoz set to launch Zarxio in the US, it’s been a defining week for biosimilars, our BioFinance Vision feature explains.
CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organisation) Goodwin Biotechnology is working with CNS biotech Q Therapeutics to produce mAbs for a clinical trial to treat motor neuron disease.
Transgene will close a biomanufacturing facility with the loss of 120 jobs to cut costs after Novartis pulled out of an immunotherapy collaboration last year.
Takeda is closing three US R&D facilities and relocating its global HQ to a site in Massachusetts as part of plans to consolidate its vaccine business.
Biomay has licensed a yeast-based expression system from fellow Austrian biotech VTU Technologies to use for the commercial production of its recombinant allergens.
