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.
As GE ships the world’s largest ready-made biomanufacturing plant to China, the team involved tells us modular facilities are in demand from southeast Asian governments – and could hold the key to future pandemic treatments.
The $2.4bn market for “unproven” and “unethical” biologics market “preys on vulnerable patients” and harms development of legitimate large molecule drugs, says the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT).
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.
