Facilities

Gamida eyes cell therapy regulatory nod with Lonza partnership

20-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

Gamida continues its manufacturing agreement with Lonza for the future commercial production of its cell therapy, omidubicel.

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Catalent continues expansion spree with BMS manufacturing facility

19-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

Catalent to purchase BMS’s Italian manufacturing facility to gain access to fill/finish capabilities, following several large-scale deals this year.

Discovery Labs opens $500m coworking space in Pennsylvania

19-Jun-2019 By Vassia Barba

Discovery Labs redevelops former GSK facility in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, into a coworking area available for leasing by healthcare companies.

Cognizant acquires Zenith to become single source provider

18-Jun-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Zenith-Cognizant Technologies emerges from an acquisition aimed to streamline solutions as more complex “smart factories” become a greater focus in the biopharmaceutical industry.

‘Business as usual’ for GE Healthcare ahead of Danaher acquisition

17-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

‘We don’t want to change the way we work,’ says GE Healthcare Life Sciences CEO, as Danaher’s $21bn acquisition of the BioPharma business continues in the background.

GSK backs up genomics refocus with UCB partnership

13-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

GSK signs partnership deal with the University of California to advance genomic research, which sees the creation of a lab and funding for five years of research.

CAR-Ts that grow on trees: Automating cell therapy manufacturing

11-Jun-2019 By Vassia Barba

As the cell and gene therapies market evolves, CDMOs and pharmaceutical companies aim to adapt to the rising demands and serve larger patient populations.

Fujifilm in $10m investment for continuous bioprocessing facility

11-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

Utilising single-use flow paths, Fujifilm will create a continuous bioprocessing manufacturing facility after three years of in-house development.

WuXi ploughs ahead with ‘world’s largest’ single-use facility

11-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

WuXi Biologics has selected its construction partner, Jacobs, for the building stage of its ‘Factory of the Future’ facility in Dundalk, Ireland.

Single-use tech ‘reshaping’ the industry as Thermo Fisher further invests

11-Jun-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Thermo Fisher invests into bioproduction capabilities as ‘single use continues to reshape the face of the industry,’ says single-use technology executive.

Aldevron ‘robust’ expansion ups biologics capacity by 10x and triples workforce

06-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

Aldevron announces the expansion of its headquarters’ campus by half a million-square-feet, which will see annual capacity exceed $1bn of biologic products.

Centrifuge to enable scalability launched through Thermo Fisher partnership

05-Jun-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Thermo Fisher and Scinogy partner to improve scalability and cost-effectiveness of cell and gene therapy manufacture through the addition of the former’s centrifuge.

How to solve the cell and gene therapy skill gap?

03-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

In the UK alone, the numbers of employees entering the cell and gene therapy manufacturing space needs to double in the next five years, eXmoor’s MD suggested.

GSK’s shingles vaccine approved in China

29-May-2019 By Maggie Lynch

GSK is investing in ‘significant’ capacity expansion to support production of its shingles vaccine, which has been approved in China after clinical trials demonstrated 90% efficacy.

Evotec jumps into biologics through $90m Just.Bio acquisition

29-May-2019 By Vassia Barba

Evotec to join the emerging biologics market through Just Biotherapeutics’ smart technology platforms, machine learning tools and low cost manufacturing facilities.