Several contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) supported biopharma projects have been flagged in the past month. We take a closer look.
EverImmune, a biotech based near Paris, and specialized in the development of live biotherapeutic products in the field of microbiota oncology, has raised €5m (US$5.7m) in a Series A funding round from undisclosed private investors.
The EMA has validated Atara Biotherapeutics' Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for tabelecleucel (tab-cel), the first time an off-the-shelf allogeneic T-cell therapy will be evaluated by any regulatory agency in the world.
As capital project delivery ramps back up to pre-pandemic levels over the coming months and years, the smaller biopharma players are looking outside their own resources for strategic manufacturing and research support, confirms a new market outlook from...
A new report reveals that “speed-to-market” has jumped up from a lower-ranking business driver before the pandemic to the top priority today for biopharma companies, overtaking cost-based considerations by a healthy margin.
Korean company, SK, is investing in the Philadelphia-based Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CBM), a move that will support the US company in its bid to become the world's largest end-to-end cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing...
Vaccibody, a Norway-based pioneer in the neoantigen cancer vaccine space, has changed its name to Nykode Therapeutics, and has entered into a license and collaboration agreement with US company, Regeneron, to develop vaccines against cancer and infectious...
Emulate, Inc recently launched the Zoë-CM2 Culture Module, a second-generation Zoë instrument core to its ‘Organ-on-a-Chip’ based Human Emulation System.
The race is on: Eli Lilly has begun the application for the approval of its Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment in the US, potentially setting it up against rival Biogen's recently approved Aduhelm.
Culture Biosciences, a company enabling biotech firms to develop and scale manufacturing processes in the cloud, recently announced an $80m Series B round, taking the funds it has raised to date to $100m+.
Sphere Fluidics, a UK company that has developed and is commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its picodroplet technology, has just closed a US$40m investment round.
Biomunex Pharmaceuticals, a French company focused on the discovery and development of bi- and multi-specific antibodies, sees its BiXAb5 project receive nearly €3m (US$3.5m) in the form of a grant from the French government.
Rentschler Biopharma and XL-protein have teamed up on the manufacture of what they say is a long-acting, hyperactive recombinant human deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) that may open better treatment options for patients suffering from inflammation, chronic...
Waters has announced a five-year investment to develop new analytical technology for bioprocessing and biomanufacturing with the University of Delaware.
Absci Corporation says its newly opened campus in Vancouver, Washington, in the US, expands its ability to accelerate discovery and development of biologic drugs.
Locus Biosciences has entered a credit facility of up to US$25m with Hercules Capital, which it says will support the expansion of its precision engineered bacteriophage discovery platform engine and in-house manufacturing capacity.
CureVac is withdrawing its first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, from regulatory review: instead it is re-allocating its efforts to its second-generation vaccine program with GSK. ‘The goal has not changed, but the requirements to effectively...
Lonza is investing to expand mammalian development services at its Singapore facility; the move will bring additional capacity for cell culture, purification, and analytical services for mammalian biologics.
M Ventures, the strategic, corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGgA, continues to fund iOmx Therapeutics AG, a company developing cancer therapeutics based on next generation immune checkpoint targets.
The operation of the 1.5 million square-foot biologics manufacturing site in Lengnau, Switzerland is part of a strategic partnership agreed with CSL Limited, announced last year, says Thermo Fisher Scientific.
CEOs at large pharma and biotech companies are upbeat when it comes to their outlook for both their own company and the industry at large; they also have a healthy appetite for M&A, found a KPMG survey.
Pfizer Inc has started a trial to evaluate its investigational oral antiviral drug for the prevention of COVID-19 infection among those who have been exposed to the virus.
AstraZeneca has announced a long-term research collaboration with VaxEquity for the discovery, development and commercialization of its self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) therapeutics platform.
Synthetic DNA vector producer, Touchlight, has announced the extension of its fundraising round to a current aggregate total of US$125m (£92m). The financing was led by Bridford Investments Limited and Novator Partners.
AGC Biologics is expanding its Heidelberg facility to create new capacity for messenger RNA (mRNA) projects, and to boost its plasmid-DNA (pDNA) manufacturing capabilities.
French innovator, TreeFrog Therapeutics, which is focused on developing affordable stem cell-derived cell therapies, has just closed a US$75m (€64M) Series B financing round, bringing its total funding to date to US$83m (€70M).
Japan’s health ministry is to secure 150 million doses of Novavax’ vaccine candidate that Takeda is producing. The Japanese government's purchasing agreement is subject to regulatory approvals.
Previously a series of unsuccessful clinical trials for treatments, combined with the high costs of R&D in the area, led to declining interest in dementia research but a new publication from the WHO notes a definite uptick in the funding of such work...
Moderna and the nonprofit Institute for Life Changing Medicines (ILCM) are collaborating to develop a new messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutic (mRNA-3351) for Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Type 1 (CN-1), an ultra-rare disease.
Ardena has acquired Idifarma, a contract manufacturer of niche and highly potent generic and innovative drugs, from Suanfarma; the deal enables it to expand across Southern Europe and supports its strategy to become a leading global CDMO.
Moderna has initiated its submission to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the authorization of a booster dose of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine at the 50-microgram (mcg) dose level.
Anti-CD25 antibodies have emerged as promising next-generation cancer therapeutics, says US plant-based manufacturer of therapeutics and vaccines, iBio, as it enters the field.
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As a relatively new player in the field of cell therapy, Santen Pharmaceutical has outlined how it is looking to collaborate with key stakeholders in order to shape relevant policies, forge meaningful partnerships and create an optimal environment for...
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Catalent sees COVID-19 vaccines being an 'enduring and sustainable' revenue stream for the company, particularly with the advent of boosters, and the fact that developing countries, to date, have very low vaccination rates.
Seattle-based Umoja Biopharma, a company looking to reprogram immune cells in-vivo to create next-generation immunotherapies for the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, has started work on its new development and manufacturing facility...
Boston-based company, Vertex, has signed a deal to use Arbor Biotechnologies’ CRISPR gene-editing technology to develop novel cell therapies for the treatment of serious diseases.
Novartis’s Kymriah CAR-T therapy did not meet its primary endpoint of event-free survival in a phase 3 study in patients with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) after relapse or lack of response to first-line treatment.
Earlier this month, Rentschler Biopharma, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that it had broken ground on its new production facility, adjacent to its existing site in Milford, Massachusetts, in the greater Boston...
