In 1H financials, WuXi Biologics outlines positive developments across its ‘three major markets’, stressing that US growth is still strong despite US-China trade relations.
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories enters a $31m market with the launch of Versavo, a biosimilar of Roche’s Avastin in India, indicated for several types of cancer.
Increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and treatment with biologics is expected to boost the prefilled syringes market by 10% in the next few years.
Celltrion has partnered with Nan Fung Group to create Vcell Healthcare, which will manufacture and commercialize three of Celltrion’s biosimilar products in China.
Vaccine research is still quite ‘empirical’ and there is a long way until it is turned into a rational, predictable modality, suggests director at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The global vaccines market will develop at a rate of 6% through to 2025, driven by national need for immunization programs and expansion into different therapeutic areas.
Fujifilm Life Science Strategic Business Office will open a site in Cambridge, Massachusetts in an aim to further link up with the surrounding pharmaceutical and biotech community.
The Senate has passed a bill authorising spending on the development of products to protect the US against pandemic influenza and other biological threats to public health.
WuXi Biologics announces its latest expansion, with plans for a drug development and commercial manufacturing site with a potential bioreactor capacity of 144,000L.
Diverse leadership provides more opportunity for innovation and higher performance in financial return, says diversity and inclusion chair and biotech executive.
UK-based investors launch Start Codon to recruit up to 50 start-up biotech companies for investment and risk mitigation opportunities over the next five years.
The US FDA issues Biocon a Form 483 with two observations, including failure to establish proper aseptic practices and lack of follow-up on data discrepancies.
As technology has advanced, rare diseases have been met with therapies that target the cause of the condition, enabling the global market for orphan drugs to reach an expected $262bn by 2024.
Biogen agrees Nightstar acquisition for $800m to take on its pipeline of AAV treatments for retinal disorders, diversifyingy its pipeline in the rare disease market.
The market for cell therapy products is set to expand based on increasing investment from the industry and the implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies.
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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