Biotage will acquire Astrea Bioseparations, a chromatography solutions provider, from Gamma Biosciences: extending its chromatography franchise into the bioprocessing market for biologics and advanced therapeutic customers.
Sweden’s Biotage says its expanded facility in the UK will allow it to triple its production capacity for equipment crucial in the supply chain for the production of mRNA vaccines, and thus eliminating a bottleneck for COVID-19 vaccines.