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,...
The partners announce the addition of a manufacturing facility that will become the fourth in Legend’s network. It is expected to be operational by 2023.
Genezen Laboratories, Inc, a US cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing Organization (CDMO) is set to build a 75,000+ square foot cGMP-compliant lentiviral vector production facility in Indianapolis.
Catalent is to acquire German company, RheinCell Therapeutics, a developer and manufacturer of GMP-grade human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for the next generation of cell therapies.
Coriolis Pharma has announced a 7,800-meter-square expansion to a building situated in Munich, Germany, where the company is headquartered, that will host formulation development for advanced therapeutic medicine products (ATMPs).
Sorrento Technologies, a biotech firm developing novel treatments for COVID-19 and aggressive cancers such as melanoma, has received FDA clearance to start a research collaboration together with Mayo Clinic.
In recent years, it has become clear that RNA molecules are an emerging as a class of therapeutics of relevance to multiple diseases, most recently including COVID-19 vaccines.
The World Health Organization (WHO), as part of its International Nonproprietary Names (INN) system, has recently made progress in developing and harmonizing the definition paragraphs that support the naming of cell-based substances.
The FDA has lifted the clinical holds on bluebird bio’s trials of gene therapies in sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia (TDT), an inherited blood disorder.
A robust research and innovation ecosystem makes Italy an attractive life sciences hotspot, according to a post from an Italian trade delegation at Bio Digital 2021.
Univercells Technologies’ scale-x carbo bioreactor is to be used at the National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin, Ireland.
Gamma Biosciences has taken a controlling investment in Mirus Bio, an innovator and developer of biomimetic, cell-adaptive lipid-polymer nanocomplexes (LPNCs) for nucleic acid delivery based in Wisconsin in the US.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have formed a alliance to accelerate the development and manufacturing of cell-based therapies.
Protalix BioTherapeutics is planning to propose a virtual or record review inspection to clear the barrier to approval of its Chiesi Farmaceutici-partnered Fabry disease treatment.
Charles River Laboratories International Inc is to acquire US based Vigene Biosciences, a cell and gene therapy (CGT) contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing viral vector-based gene delivery solutions for research and clinical...
Many turn to Boston and North Carolina’s Research Triangle to set up life science companies, but Chicago is now also fast becoming a draw in this respect. The city is emerging as a life science and biopharma hub and seems poised for even further growth,...
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.
Kite says a two-year retrospective analysis of the commercial manufacturing and supply of its CAR T therapy, axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta), shows a high manufacturing success rate and a reliable turnaround time.
TCR2 Therapeutics Inc, a clinical-stage cell therapy company with a pipeline of novel T cell therapies for patients suffering from cancer, has signed a lease for an 85,000 square foot cell therapy manufacturing facility in Rockville, Maryland: which is...
A couple of new developments to report in relation to Merck, known as MSD outside the US and Canada: the first being the rejection by the US FDA of the company’s application to use its anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda, in certain breast cancer patients.
A US court’s recent decision to find in favor of Sanofi and invalidate Amgen's broad antibody patent claims has biotech manufacturers concerned about how to preserve their IP.
US company, KIYATEC, says a new study has shown that its immune-modified ex vivo platform can measure treatment response through direct interaction between a patient's cancer and infiltrating immune cells, and immuno-oncology agents.
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.
Axol Biosciences, a UK provider of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) derived cells, media, and characterization services, has merged with Scotland based, Censo Biotechnologies, a cell biology CRO with expertise in iPSC-related technologies.
Precigen claims breakthroughs in CAR T cell therapy manufacturing that will eventually allow cancer centers to enable treatments earlier and at a lower cost.
