Upstream Processing

BioMarin opens €38m expansion at Irish manufacturing site

BioMarin opens €38m expansion at Irish manufacturing site

By Rachel Arthur

BioMarin Pharmaceutical has opened the expansion of its manufacturing plant at Shanbally, Co. Cork: with the site now able to provide end-to-end manufacturing for a number of the company’s commercial products.

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Sartorius to acquire Polyplus

By Rachel Arthur

Life science group Sartorius will acquire French company Polyplus for around €2.4bn ($2.6bn).

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BioNTech acquires GMP manufacturing site in Singapore

By Rachel Arthur

BioNTech will create an mRNA facility in Singapore through the acquisition of a Novartis site: which will become its Regional Headquarters and production center for the Asia Pacific region.

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Lonza: N-1 perfusion capability enables increased process titers

By Jane Byrne

The biopharma sector has seen recent advancements in process intensification, especially in relation to upstream processing, with the technology employed aimed at increasing drug output. One of the quickest and simplest ways to achieve process intensification...