GE Healthcare partners for digital data exchange collaboration program with Amgen to advance understanding of biomanufacturing process on raw material variability.
Cambrex is investing $1m at its High Point, NC-based site, marking the most recent in a series of investments which will see the addition of 1,300 square feet and 15 new employees.
Securing the clinical supply chain comes down to the notion of ‘compliance’, which is transitioning from a ‘nice to have’ to a ‘need to have,’ says Cryoport.
Johnson & Johnson has unveiled a vaccine facility in Leiden, the Netherlands, which will focus on R&D, technological development, and large-scale production of vaccines for late-stage clinical trials.
Novartis is working with the US FDA to solve a manufacturing issue affecting Kymriah, identified as ‘variability in its commercial specifications’, says CEO.
Novasep has launched a downstream processing tool that combines batch and continuous chromatography for monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and blood factors.
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical is transferring fill/finish activities for Mepsevvi from Rentschler Biopharma’s facility in Germany, to Rentschler Fill Solutions in Austria.
Academic research underpins many of the early success stories in continuous manufacturing. Now, Blair Brettmann and her team are working to write another chapter by applying electrospinning and other techniques to downstream processing.
AstraZeneca says the build-up of biologics manufacturing capacity at its yet-to-launch facility in Sweden has contributed to a reduced core gross margin this quarter.
Novasep is investing €10m ($11.88) in a commercial fill/finish facility for viral vectors, mAbs, and other low-volume biologics, as part of its plan to double in size by 2022.
GE Healthcare Life Sciences has launched an updated, flexible cell processing system designed to rapidly and effectively harvest cells for treatments, including CAR T-cell therapy.
Process control, quality management and training operators are areas where biomanufacturers can learn from small molecule makers, according to preliminary results from a BioPlan Associates survey.
The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a notice of allowance for ‘shelf life’ timer technology used to protect time-sensitive biologic materials in transit.
BIA Separations has teamed with Nuvonis Technologies to help vaccine and cell therapy developers tackle the transition from upstream to downstream processing.
Vetter is talking with customers to create a “stable financial plan” that will justify the manufacturer’s previously announced $320m investment for a new facility, which is not expected to break ground before 2022.
The CDMO says it is building a 150,000 square-foot biomanufacturing facility in Maryland in preparation for a double-digit growth in the gene therapy space.
Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc (CBMG) has selected GE Healthcare’s FlexFactory technology for its CAR-T therapy production facility in Shanghai, China.
