US contract development and manufacturing organization, Catalent, reported results today for the second quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended December 31, 2022.
Shares of Catalent Inc plunged yesterday after the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) reported fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue that missed expectations. The company also scaled back its full-year outlook.
The US regulator has given the green light for the distribution of doses of Moderna's COVID-19 booster shots from a manufacturing plant in Indiana run by Catalent.
Catalent has announced a multi-year $350m investment at its facility in Bloomington, Indiana, to expand biologics drug substance and drug product manufacturing capabilities.
US company Catalent is acquiring the UK’s Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre in Harwell: a facility which had been planned to support COVID-19 and wider vaccine production and which is still under construction.
Catalent completes expansion of its biologics manufacturing network by upgrading its Limoges, France, location with additional capacity and the ability to produce large molecules.
Catalent is reporting that the technology transfer for the manufacture of BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics’ autologous cellular therapy at its facility in Houston, Texas has been finalized.
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.
Cell therapy player, Bone Therapeutics, has secured up to €16m (US$18.9m) in a financing loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to accelerate ongoing clinical and commercial development of innovative orthopedic treatments.
Catalent is to acquire German company, RheinCell Therapeutics, a developer and manufacturer of GMP-grade human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for the next generation of cell therapies.
Contract development and manufacturing organization, Catalent, has invested in the capabilities at its clinical supply services facility in Philadelphia, in the US, to further support biotech firms developing cell and gene therapies.
Under an agreement with Zumutor, Catalent Biologics initiates clinical manufacture of the latter’s lead candidate targeting solid tumors, ahead of FDA filing.
The gene therapy space is a rapidly developing areas in the industry, as a result those with expertise are finding their knowledge is invaluable to companies looking to advance in the space.
The summer months are traditionally slow on movements across the industry, but July saw a number of manufacturing partnership deals take place as companies look ahead to product commercialization.
AveXis and BIA Separations announce an agreement for the commercial purification process of SMA gene therapy drug Zolgensma and further gene therapy candidates.
Catalent Biologics works with Novartis to develop and manufacture its SMA gene therapy treatment and provide manufacturing capacity, as the treatment enters the market.
Paragon and Passage Bio enter a collaboration agreement to develop a dedicated manufacturing suite at the former’s Maryland facility, as the latter’s gene therapy candidates enter the clinic.
The major trend so far in 2019 is the willingness to deploy capital to expand services in the cell and gene therapy sector, and we outline the five most significant deals thus far.
Aiming to boost the gene therapy development and manufacturing capabilities of Paragon, which Catalent acquired in April, the CDMO has agreed to acquire all of the gene therapy-related assets from Novavax, a late-stage vaccine developer.
