Sanofi’s decision to stop manufacturing an anti-venom will contribute to “needless death and disability” for snake bite victims, according to Médecins Sans Frontières.
A surge in UK cell therapy production last year means available manufacturing capacity has declined considerably according to a report by Cell Therapy Catapult.
The European Commission has approved Pfizer’s acquisition of Hospira, providing the larger company first divests of its infliximab candidate and several sterile injectables.
The Netherlands and India have signed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) under which a government-based institute of the Netherlands will extend technical support for the development and manufacturing of the measles-rubella vaccine.
In a reversal from three years ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Thursday that an organism incapable of developing into a human being is not a human embryo and may be patented.
Industry heavyweights and Singaporean development groups have unveiled a five-year roadmap to deal with the need for more employees in the fast-growing biologics manufacturing industry on the island.
Biologics are the next challenge for multinationals looking to enter the lucrative Chinese market, but such drugs must offer value and genuine innovation, say the CEOs of Merck KGaA and Chi-Med.
Ranbaxy Laboratories has launched the monoclonal antibody Infimab, the first Remicade (Infliximab) biosimilar, in India -- which is the first what could be a few home-grown biosimilar launches.
With the goal of developing a thermostable tuberculosis vaccine, IDRI (Infectious Disease Research Institute) was awarded a contract from the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases that could be worth up to $11.9m.
