The antibody drug conjugate market has had a busy few years, as the appetite for acquisitions of ADC-specialists began to grow, with Gilead buying Immunomedics and Merck acquiring VelosBio.
Merck has doubled its high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPI) production capacity with the expansion of its facility in Verona, Wisconsin, US.
Capital investments in Swiss biotech companies reached CHF 3.33bn ($3.53bn) in 2021; while R&D investments increased to a record-high CHF 2.56bn ($2.71bn).
Bionova Scientific, a US biologics CDMO, is to be acquired by the US arm of Asahi Kasei Medical, part of the Asahi Kasei Group, owned by Tokyo based Asahi Kasei Corporation.
Abzena, a global CDMO specializing in the integrated development and manufacture of complex biologics and bioconjugates, has secured $65M in new funding.
While skills shortages present one of the main challenges to the biopharma industry, North Carolina believes its investments in the life science ecosystem have given it a ‘multiple decade jumpstart’ in building a successful biopharma hub for both manufacturing...
CDMO Piramal Pharma Solutions will expand capabilities of its Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) facility in Grangemouth, Scotland; and invest in new Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) infrastructure at its Morpeth, England facility.
Indian multinational, Piramal Pharma Limited (PPL), has taken a minority stake in Yapan Bio, a CDMO, based in Hyderabad, with expertise in biologics and vaccines.
This month saw BioCina officially open its new biologics manufacturing facility in Adelaide, Australia, flagging it as the only TGA, EMA, Health Canada and US-FDA approved commercial facility of its kind in the country.
CEOs at large pharma and biotech companies are upbeat when it comes to their outlook for both their own company and the industry at large; they also have a healthy appetite for M&A, found a KPMG survey.
Novasep has signed a manufacturing services agreement with Exelixis, an oncology-focused US biotechnology company, for the cGMP clinical production of XB002, a next-generation tissue factor-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC).
Iksuda Therapeutics, a developer of a new generation of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), has expanded its research collaboration and license agreement with LegoChem Biosciences Inc (LCB).
Dutch biotech, Byondis, today announced positive topline results from a Phase 3 study, which it says confirms the safety and efficacy of its antibody drug conjugate (ADC) - SYD985 - as a treatment for patients with pretreated HER2-positive locally advanced...
UK-based biotechnology company, Iksuda Therapeutics, has completed a US$47m (£34m) financing round, which was led by Mirae Asset financial group and included a strategic investment from Korean biopharma player, Celltrion.
Data management in antibody drug conjugate (ADC) manufacturing is challenging says ADC/Labs, which is trying to help scientists in the field get around such obstacles.
Novasep has announced a further expansion of its Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (HPAPIs) manufacturing capabilities at its Le Mans, France site, saying the move strengthens its position as a leading CDMO for the production of innovative...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ADC Therapeutics’ ZYNLONTA as a third-line therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Sterling Pharma Solutions, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has acquired ADC Biotechnology (ADC Bio), a UK based company specializing in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).
Sterling Pharma Solutions, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced a new strategic partnership with ADC Biotechnology, a UK based company specializing in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).
UK company, Spirea, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, which was founded to deliver the next generation of antibody drug conjugate (ADC) cancer therapeutics, has secured financing from o2h Ventures and Syndicate Room.
A new mathematical modeling study by Ashish Goyal and colleagues, informed by data collected from 25 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in four different countries, offers some important new insights into the optimal timing of four different antiviral...
Merck's life science business division last week announced a US$65m expansion of its HPAPI and ADC manufacturing capabilities and capacity at its facility near Madison, Wisconsin.
Merck and Seattle Genetics have announced two strategic oncology collaborations: one to develop Seattle Genetics’ antibody-drug conjugate ladiratuzumab vedotin worldwide; and another to accelerate the global reach of Tukysa (tucatinib).
In a deal valued at US$21bn, Gilead Sciences is to acquire Immunomedics Inc, a New Jersey headquartered biotech that has been highly focused on breast cancer drug innovation.
Antibody-focused service providers merge their offerings to create a ‘seamless workflow’ on antibody-drug conjugates to help save developers’ time and costs.
Under an agreement with Zumutor, Catalent Biologics initiates clinical manufacture of the latter’s lead candidate targeting solid tumors, ahead of FDA filing.
Aiming to facilitate and accelerate discovery of biologics, Aridis’ Apex platform can also discover antibodies against viruses ‘within one day of a pandemic’.
Almirall enters drug discovery agreement with WuXi Biologics, gaining access to the WuXiBody platform to develop antibodies for the treatment of dermatological diseases.
US FDA approves AstraZeneca’s at-home autoinjector for administration of an add-on treatment for severe asthma, matching the indication of GSK’s rival product, Nucala.
Lonza already manufacturers three out of five commercially available ADCs but is preparing for additional demand with a two-year expansion project at its Visp site.
Regeneron and Sanofi’s Libtayo is granted marketing authorization by the European Commission for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
WuXi Biologics expands its biologics conjugation solution center to include space for commercial manufacturing of antibody-drug conjugates for the biopharma industry.
Amgen’s biosimilars portfolio reaches a milestone after its Herceptin biosimilar, Kanjinti, developed in collaboration with Allergan, was approved by the US FDA.
