Touchlight, a synthetic DNA producer, says it has received the first phase of planning approval for breaking ground on its new research and manufacturing facility in Hampton, UK.
The new alliance will focus on the development and manufacturing of complex medicines including biologics, vaccines, nucleic acids and cell and gene therapies; as well as looking to launch companies to advance the manufacture of such medicines.
LEXEO Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company, is partnering with CDMO, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), to support the development and manufacturing of its AAV-mediated gene therapies.
Lonza is investing to expand mammalian development services at its Singapore facility; the move will bring additional capacity for cell culture, purification, and analytical services for mammalian biologics.
VGXI, Inc, a provider of plasmid DNA manufacturing and development services, says multiple construction milestones have been reached for its new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Texas.
Marken, the clinical trial logistics subsidiary of UPS Healthcare, is adding significant capacity to support increased demand for its clinical drug supply chain services, particularly for cell and gene clinical trials.
Fujifilm Irvine Scientific Inc has started the commissioning phase of its new 250,000 square feet (22,800 square meter) cell culture media manufacturing facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands; the site joins existing plants in the US and Japan.
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.
ViroCell Biologics and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) have formed a new partnership to immediately address the global viral vector manufacturing bottleneck for clinical trials
The biopharma industry continues to seek technologies that enable process control, while improving process development times and quality, says a Gamma Biosciences executive.
Takeda has received approval from Japan’s ministry of health to manufacture and market its stem cell therapy, Alofisel, for the treatment of complex perianal fistulas in patients with non-active or mildly active luminal Crohn’s disease (CD).
This month sees the launch of a new gene therapy player, Opus Genetics, a company backed and spun out by leading patient group Foundation Fighting Blindness’ venture arm, the Retinal Degeneration Fund (RD Fund).
Synthetic DNA vector producer, Touchlight, has announced the extension of its fundraising round to a current aggregate total of US$125m (£92m). The financing was led by Bridford Investments Limited and Novator Partners.
AGC Biologics is expanding its Heidelberg facility to create new capacity for messenger RNA (mRNA) projects, and to boost its plasmid-DNA (pDNA) manufacturing capabilities.
French innovator, TreeFrog Therapeutics, which is focused on developing affordable stem cell-derived cell therapies, has just closed a US$75m (€64M) Series B financing round, bringing its total funding to date to US$83m (€70M).
Adaptimmune Therapeutics, which focuses on solid tumors, has announced a tie-up with Roche's Genentech to develop and commercialize allogeneic cell therapies to treat multiple oncology indications.
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As a relatively new player in the field of cell therapy, Santen Pharmaceutical has outlined how it is looking to collaborate with key stakeholders in order to shape relevant policies, forge meaningful partnerships and create an optimal environment for...
Special Edition: Reviewing the advanced therapy pipeline
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Catalent sees COVID-19 vaccines being an 'enduring and sustainable' revenue stream for the company, particularly with the advent of boosters, and the fact that developing countries, to date, have very low vaccination rates.
Seattle-based Umoja Biopharma, a company looking to reprogram immune cells in-vivo to create next-generation immunotherapies for the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, has started work on its new development and manufacturing facility...
Boston-based company, Vertex, has signed a deal to use Arbor Biotechnologies’ CRISPR gene-editing technology to develop novel cell therapies for the treatment of serious diseases.
A new partnership promises improved biomanufacturing processes for gene therapies; the goal is to support the sector in scaling up through more efficient, cost-effective processes.
Novartis’s Kymriah CAR-T therapy did not meet its primary endpoint of event-free survival in a phase 3 study in patients with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) after relapse or lack of response to first-line treatment.
VIVEbiotech, a lentivirus-specialized contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that produces vectors for projects from early-stage to GMP production, is working on enhancing intrinsic lentivirus characteristics and streamlining the process....
The success of mRNA vaccine technology could be one of the new opportunities for US pharmaceutical manufacturing looking forward, with pandemic investments helping turbocharge the sector.
A new UK eLearning program is targeted at healthcare and academic professionals to support their learning on advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs).
Generate Life Sciences is establishing a GMP facility in La Jolla, California that it says will enable end-to-end manufacturing of newborn stem cell biologics, bolstering supply and safeguarding clinical research.
Bluebird’s Lenti-D, or elivaldogene autotemcel, has won approval from the European Commission to treat children with a rare neurodegenerative disease called early cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD).
Boston headquartered biotherapeutics company, GentiBio, Inc, and CGT focused CDMO, Forge Biologics, have set up a development and manufacturing partnership.
Cell therapy player, Bone Therapeutics, has secured up to €16m (US$18.9m) in a financing loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to accelerate ongoing clinical and commercial development of innovative orthopedic treatments.
Bayer owned CDMO, Viralgen, has expanded its AAV vector manufacturing capabilities in San Sebastian, in the Basque region of Spain, with the opening last week of a new site.
Biotech, Mogrify, recently closed a Series A financing of US$17m, bringing the total raised to US$33m in the round, with the investment set to support the advancement of the company’s immuno-oncology and ophthalmology programs.
Cobra Biologics, the gene therapy division of the Charles River owned Cognate BioServices, and Sweden's CombiGene recently announced the successful production and quality assurance of the plasmids to be used in the GMP production of the gene therapy,...
