The global cell line development market grows steadily with a predicted revenue of $7.5bn by 2024, each component of the market to see CAGR between 10-15%.
The WHO establishes a multi-disciplinary committee to advise on the ethical and scientific challenges of human genome editing, as the technology’s capability and utilization grows in the industry.
The introduction of the SPC manufacturing waiver will generate billions in export sales and create a number of jobs across the EU, suggests Medicines for Europe.
NICE recommends CAR T-cell treatment Kymirah to be covered by the Cancer Drugs Fund to treat adult patients with lymphoma, despite previous negative appraisals.
Fujifilm Diosynth announces the inception of its FDB center of excellence in bioprocessing 2.0 to extend its bioprocessing innovations with a network of researchers.
The contract market for bringing biologics through the pipeline to commercialisation is growing at a rapid clip, with a recent report suggesting a high CAGR in the sector.
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.
The second phase of Changzhou Qianhong Bio-pharma manufacturing project sees a further ¥1 billion devoted to increasing tablet and injection production.
A prequalification pilot designed to assess biosimilar versions of Roche’s Rituxan and Herceptin has attracted global interest from manufacturers, says WHO executive.
As an increasing number of biosimilar developers target the European market, lesser-known firms may explore alternative commercialisation strategies, says Iqvia executive.
MSD announced that the EMA’s CHMP has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of Keytruda as an adjuvant therapy for the treatment of patients with melanoma.
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.
Provisional results from a survey evaluating the reputations of major biopharmaceutical countries indicate the US, Germany and Japan are regarded as ‘tier one’ nations, followed closely by Sweden and the UK.
Eli Lilly’s migraine treatment was approved by the US FDA, closely following a positive CHMP opinion, and will potentially be made available without cost for the first year.
As Nordic Life Science Days draws to a close for 2018, so too do the conference ‘super sessions’, covering patient engagement, precision medicine, drug delivery and immune-oncology.
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China’s authorities’ condemnation of Changsheng Biotechnology, after it was found to have falsified data regarding a rabies virus, has caused public concern over the domestic vaccine market.
President Trump’s immigration travel ban will deny pharmaceutical companies the opportunity to hire the ‘best and brightest,’ says Massachusetts Biotechnology Council CEO.
Sanofi will support development of polypeptides, gene therapy, monoclonal antibodies and multi-specific antibodies through the expansion of its R&D plant in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China.
The CMO says adding the single-use offering from ABEC will make the newly opened biomanufacturing site in China comparable to stainless steel for commercial mAb production.
BeiGene’s tislelizumab will be the first commercial product to be made from Boehringer-Ingelheim’s site in Shanghai, and the first to be made by a foreign CMO in China.
Long life-cycles and significant consolidation in the manufacturing space have led to a lack of skilled workers in the vaccine space, says Sanofi Pasteur.
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could end up benefitting Asian biosimilar makers and reducing US jobs, says an IP lawyer.
Sanpower Group says Dendreon's in-house manufacturing set-up will remain in place as it looks to increase US and Asian penetration of the prostate cancer cell therapy.
A lack of investment and government support has stunted biomanufacturing in India, but Biocon says this will change through the country’s 'Make in India' programme.
South Korea is a key opportunity for biopharma services firms says Thermo Fisher, reporting its third quarter which saw it up capabilities in the region.
A recently opened facility will double production of Sanofi Pasteur’s vaccine Stamaril which could alleviate shortages in the wake of recent yellow fever outbreaks in parts of Africa.
More plants in China will close says a US-based analyst who predicts that some drugmakers' inability to comply with stricter quality rules will create an opportunity for those that can.
CSL Behring will target growing Russian demand for protein-based therapies through a new Moscow office but says for now there are no plans for a local manufacturing site.
