Charles River says the combination of Distributed Bio’s platform, which the CRO recently acquired, with its own downstream characterization capabilities, enables identification of the best lead candidate in CAR T cell therapies – balancing efficacy and...
US contract research organization, PPD Inc, is expanding its Athlone, Ireland, GMP laboratory, significantly increasing the size of its current facility and adding cell and gene therapy (CGT) testing to the operation’s portfolio of services.
Takara Bio Europe has announced a licensing agreement with Denmark’s PanCryos, a pre-clinical stage biotech company, for its clinical-grade human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines, starting material for cell therapy development.
Last month saw ATMPS Ltd, a developer of blockchain-based cell orchestration platforms for advanced therapies, and Ori Biotech, an innovator in cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing platforms, come together in an alliance aimed at creating seamless...
Contract development and manufacturing organization, Catalent, has invested in the capabilities at its clinical supply services facility in Philadelphia, in the US, to further support biotech firms developing cell and gene therapies.
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) will build a new cell therapy manufacturing site in Leiden, the Netherlands: marking the company’s first cell therapy manufacturing facility in Europe and its fifth globally.
SparingVision will acquire GAMUT Therapeutics, the biotech behind a gene-independent approach to treat the later stages of rod-cone dystrophies such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
Efficiency in the biopharmaceutical space has never been more top-of-mind. The COVID-19 pandemic brought an unprecedented urgency to R&D and the key players delivered: Several groups produced a vaccine in record time. To maintain and improve on this...
Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) experts shared research findings in plenary talks during the American Association for Cancer Research’s (AACR) virtual meeting last week, with one talk reviewing the latest strategies for boosting the effectiveness of CAR...
Single-cell sequencing has helped with the understanding of the patterns of immune cells, which could help advance development of new therapies and new therapeutic targets, says a cancer research expert.
Driven by encouraging clinical trial data, and a growing demand for effective and personalized therapeutic modalities, the CGT services market is anticipated to witness significant development, growing at a CAGR of over 25% up to 2030, forecasts a new...
Sanofi has acquired Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech Tidal Therapeutics: gaining its novel mRNA-based approach for in vivo reprogramming of immune cells.
