Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced a new, first-of-its-kind human plasma-like cell culture medium that more closely resembles the natural cellular environment found in the human body to provide researchers with a realistic view of cell growth.
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) says that GSK will leverage its Stevenage facility to perform GMP cell processing and accelerate its cell and gene therapy pipeline for clinical trials.
Tokyo headquartered, Fujifilm Corporation, has announced a new US$2bn (£1.4bn/€1.5bn) investment to establish a new large-scale biopharma site in the US.
Mission Bio has launched a tool it claims will help save the industry billions of dollars in drug development costs and bring life-saving treatments to market at least six months faster.
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Fujifilm is boosting its gene therapy offering, taking the first steps to expand its viral vector contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) services to Europe, at the site of Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) in the North East of...
The Serum Institute of India will receive six 4,000L CSR bioreactors from ABEC to help it scale up manufacture of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Recognizing the industry-wide need to improve adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector manufacturing, Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC) has adopted changes intended to increase yield and purity.
Gene therapy developer, CombiGene, and CDMO, Cobra Biologics, have signed off on a deal to secure Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) production of two essential plasmids needed for the manufacture of CombiGene's gene therapy, CG01.
Lonza reports that the first cancer patient has been dosed at Sheba Medical Center in Israel with autologous CAR-T therapy manufactured using the Swiss company’s Cocoon Platform.
Immunogenesis is tapping into ProBioGen’s manufacturing capabilities for its immuno-oncology lead candidate, as the potential treatment enters the clinic.
Designed specifically for AAVs production to support gene therapies, a medium launched by Lonza is expected to accelerate cell growth while saving developers time and costs.
Fujifilm Diosynth announced plans to build a research center in the UK to answer growing demand in services for biologics, vaccines, and gene therapies development.
Lonza partners with three research organizations to transfer their preclinical immunotherapies development projects into the Cocoon closed automated processing platform.
Frontage has announced completion of its Pennsylvania site expansion to boost its offering of bioanalytical services for late-stage cell and gene therapies developers.
Antibody-focused service providers merge their offerings to create a ‘seamless workflow’ on antibody-drug conjugates to help save developers’ time and costs.
Funding from Gamma supports the development of Univercells’ biomanufacturing platform and bioreactors, with the latter looking to expand into the fast-growing gene therapy segment.
Aiming to improve flexibility in bioprocessing, Eppendorf launches SciVario twin, a bioreactor control system enabling remote monitoring of microbial and cell culture processes.
Aiming to facilitate and accelerate discovery of biologics, Aridis’ Apex platform can also discover antibodies against viruses ‘within one day of a pandemic’.
GE Healthcare reacts to the number of regenerative medicine companies operating globally by announcing plans for a facility to create single-use kits and advanced therapies.
GE Healthcare tops its C-Pro cell processing system with SpinOculation, an automation software that enables closed T cells transduction at the preferred volume and concentration.
Thermo Fisher Scientific doubles the capacity of its gene therapy and viral vector processing facility in Alachua, Florida, to provide scalability to customers.
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.
Regardless of the quality of the raw materials used in bioproduction processes, variability is a very common threat that can be addressed, says Thermo Fisher executive.
The pace of development in the industry sees greater demand for a trained workforce, which is leading away from ‘classroom’ to technology-assisted working environments, says training lead at Zenith.