At Advanced Therapies Europe 2023, BioPharma Reporter caught up with ScaleReady's Jenny Stjernberg to discuss her work at the biotech company, her journey from academia to commercial and female representation in the cell and gene therapies industry....
Synthego, a leading provider of industrialized genome editing solutions, and bit.bio, the company coding human cells for novel cures, have expanded their partnership to build a platform centered on the implementation of synthetic circuitry in cells for...
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Rentschler Biopharma, and Refeyn have announced a new partnership to develop and apply ‘innovative’ process analytical technologies (PAT) to improve the process and efficiency of AAV manufacture.
With so many advanced therapies on the horizon, the next few years are poised to be one of significant progress for patients with over 2000 cell and gene therapies in active clinical trials globally.
BlueRock Therapeutics, a clinical stage cell therapy company, and bit.bio, the company coding human cells for novel cures, have announced a collaboration and option agreement for the discovery and manufacture of iPSC-derived regulatory T cells (Tregs)...
NK:IO, a leader in natural killer (NK) cell biology applied to the development of potent, off-the-shelf cell therapies targeting solid tumors, has raised £1.2m.
SCTbio, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in cell-based therapy and viral vectors, has partnered with cell and regenerative medicine specialist Cyto-care.
Syncona has launched Beacon Therapeutics, a new ophthalmic gene therapy company with a purpose to restore and improve the vision of patients with retinal diseases, with £96 million Series A financing.
Janssen Biotech has entered into a worldwide collaboration and license agreement with Cellular Biomedicine Group to develop, manufacture and commercialize next-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies for the treatment of B-cell malignancies....
Bristol Myers Squibb will boost its cell therapy manufacturing network with in-house viral vector production thanks to the acquisition of Novartis’ Libertyville, Illinois facility.
Aspect Biosystems and Novo Nordisk have announced a collaboration, development, and licence agreement to develop bioprinted tissue therapeutics to replace or repair biological functions in the body: with the aim of creating a ‘new class of truly disease-modifying...
The clinical stage company announces that its potential treatment for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma receives nod for speedier review by the FDA.
A T-cell engaging bispecific antibody developed by Roche has got its first green light in Canada for the treatment of relapsed or refractory forms of the blood cancer diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
California based, Theragent, a cell therapy CDMO, has signed a multi-year exclusive contract with Insight68, an AI-driven software provider that aims to digitalize and streamline the cell therapy manufacturing process.
New company Syena says it has the potential to create the next generation of cell therapy: combining the safety, potency and scalability of natural killer (NK) cells with the ability of T cell receptors (TCR) to target intracellular tumor antigens.
The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) has confirmed its involvement in the development of a new £900m ($1,097m) life science campus in Stevenage, UK: which is set to become one of the largest in Europe.
Merck has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Synplogen, a startup spun out of Kobe University's Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Emmes has announced the creation of a dedicated center for cell and gene therapy research: which will focus on supporting clinical trials for the Clinical Research Organization’s (CRO) clients.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will provide up to five selected advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) with enhanced regulatory support - and in the process hopes to learn how to improve the regulatory processes for other ATMP drugs in the future.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Kite’s retroviral vector (RVV) manufacturing facility in Oceanside, California, for commercial production.
A push toward multimodal businesses is encouraging greater reliance on contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs), finds a new report.
Ncardia’s cell therapy development and manufacturing business Cellistic will acquire Celyad Oncology’s GMP grade cell therapy manufacturing capability, covering Celyad’s Mont-Saint-Guibert facility in Belgium and all related staff.
AGC Biologics and RoosterBio have launched a strategic partnership to create an end-to-end solution for the development and production of hMSC and exosome therapeutics.
The European Commission (EC) has approved Kite’s CAR T-cell therapy, Yescarta, (axicabtagene ciloleucel) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) after three or more lines of systemic therapy.
Sernova and Evotec are teaming up on an implantable beta cell replacement therapy to replace insulin injections for the millions of patients with diabetes.
AGC Biologics will add viral vector suspension technology and capacity for the development and manufacturing of gene therapies at its commercial-grade campus in Longmont, Colorado.
Regenxbio says it is to delay dosing of patients in its DMD gene therapy clinical trial following a quality issue at an unnamed third-party contract manufacturer.
Cytiva is opening a new 7,400m² manufacturing facility in Grens, Switzerland this month: which will serve as a center of excellence for the company’s cell and gene therapy business as well as a being a base for European customer training programs.
Lonza has added new integrated capabilities in cell binding, cell separation, and bead removal to its closed, automated, and scalable platform for personalized therapy manufacturing.
Cryoport, Inc. has entered into a partnership with specialized Belgian CDMO, Cell Matters, to deliver end-to-end cryopreservation services for leukapheresis derived therapies supporting both autologous and allogeneic cell therapies.
Kyverna Therapeutics, a cell therapy company engineering a new class of therapies for autoimmune diseases, has closed an oversubscribed $85m Series B financing round led by Northpond Ventures.
