New acquisition Sigma Aldrich will play a part in African growth plans in addition to giving it a presence in the preclinical services sector says Merck*.
Attaching PEG-chains to biological molecules can increase bioavailability and speed up development of protein-based therapies and biosimilars, says EMD Millipore which has inked a deal with PEGylation firm celares.
Single-use continues to be adopted by the bioprocessing industry, but drugmakers are still hesitant to use disposable chromatography systems, says EMD Millipore.
Merck KGaA has continued its diversification effort with a $17bn (€13bn) bid for Sigma Aldrich that will see it battle Thermo Fisher and GE Healthcare for a share of the life sciences tools and supplies market.
Common environmentally practices for single-use systems must be adapted before industry “becomes too set in its ways,” says Greenpeace, despite biocontamination currently impeding recycling efforts.
EMD Millipore’s Massachusetts facilities will now offer upstream capabilities including media and feed screening, small-scale material production, and optimization of conditions for scale-up and technology transfer.
In what may be an early indication of states looking to get more involved in biologic development, EMD Millipore has won a $400,000 grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) to fund a partnership with Promethera Biosciences.
Disposable bioreactors could be the centerpiece of a project to develop and harvest large quantities of cells that eventually will be used in bioartificial livers for patients with severe liver failure.
EMD Millipore has opened a training facility in China as an education resource for the country’s rapidly expanding biopharmaceutical manufacturing and development sector.
How have single-use technologies changed drug production? How do you dispose of a disposable technology? What will drive the market going forward? EMD Millipore answered these questions and more at Interphex 2011.
The biomanufacturing industry needs to adopt an integrated approach to upstream and downstream processing to boost efficiency and productivity according to EMD Millipore.