Fujifilm has launched an upgrade to its subsidiaries manufacturing capabilities, by increasing capacity by 50% at an existing facility and building an entirely new site for cell technology.
With nearly 300 cell and gene therapies in development, targeting more than 100 diseases, 2019 could be set to be a big year for cell and gene therapies.
A number of global ‘mega-trends’, such as dated technology and manufacturing inefficiencies, present major challenges for the drug industry, according to Dave Tudor
Chinese investors are looking abroad for technology that will provide short-term returns and long-term health benefits to its large patient population, according to Panacea Ventures partner.
According to the lentiviral vector manufacturer, which supplies vectors for Novartis’ Kymriah, the market is growing – and could be worth $800m by 2026.
The UK has a ‘rich and vibrant’ advanced therapeutic manufacturing sector well placed to attract companies post-Brexit, says Keith Thompson, CEO of CGTC.
Funding of £7.3m will be provided across three initiatives, with the long-term aim of providing patients with access to cell and gene therapies at a faster rate.
How to best safeguard the biopharmaceutical supply chain? What more can be done to reduce the cost of medicines? This and more was discussed at the Annual bioProcess UK Conference this week in Scotland.
Lonza Pharma & Biotech established itself in Israel, with the opening of a collaborative hub aiming to advance manufacturing technology for cell and gene therapy commercialization.
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.
Denmark played host to its first BIO Europe this week, welcoming 4,500 attendees from across the globe – including growing numbers from China and South Korea.
Ncardia and Horizon Discovery have partnered to provide custom, genetically-modified and differentiated human cells for drug discovery and preclinical models.
A study published by graduate students at MIT showed that a synthetic mRNA-based ‘programming language’ can control protein expression in gene therapy.
Thermo Fisher opened a new business center and biorepository along with an expanded distribution center, to help support mounting demand for clinical trial supply chain logistics.
BIA’s Bioscience Forum brought together four experts on cell and gene manufacture to discuss what difficulties are being faced in the industry and how they are reacting to them.
Sarepta Therapeutics signed a long-term, strategic manufacturing partnership with Paragon Bioservices to produce micro-dystrophin to grow its gene therapy program.
CBMG announced a manufacturing collaboration agreement with Novartis at the end of last month to produce CAR-T treatment Kymriah for the Chinese market and the company has further ambitions in the pipeline.
Increased cell and gene therapy production and reduced development timelines are listed among bioprocessing trends predicted over the next five years, says consultant.
Having now secured regulatory approval for all three of its haemophilia A therapies made in Berkeley, Bayer is implementing “organisational changes” across the facility.
Novartis’ experimental marketing strategy, whereby the pharma giant used its scale to insure against failed CAR-T therapies, helped defend Kymriah from competition, says consultant.
