Lonza has launched the Nebula Absorbance Reader, a new absorbance microplate reader, which joins the company’s portfolio of optimized instruments for streamlined endotoxin and pyrogen testing.
Biovian, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in biopharmaceuticals, has announced a major investment of over €50 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Turku, Finland.
Lonza has acquired Synaffix B.V., a biotech company focused on commercializing its clinical-stage technology platform for the development of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs).
Swiss CDMO Lonza has increased capacity and capabilities at its Visp, Switzerland site, with the completion of a new line for cGMP clinical and commercial drug product manufacturing.
Switzerland headquartered Lonza said it is expanding its early development services (EDS) to North America, opening a new laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts (US).
Despite an uncertain macroeconomic environment, Lonza says its ‘resilient’ business model and sustained market demand delivered a strong financial performance in 2022, in line with the Swizterland based CDMO’s outlook.
Lonza is to increase the size of the cell and gene therapy (CGT) development space at its Houston facility; the expansion will include viral vector-based process development and analytical development laboratories.
A collaboration between Touchlight and Lonza expands the Swiss CDMO’s end-to-end offering for mRNA manufacturing with an additional, differentiated source of DNA raw material, the UK biotech’s doggybone DNA (dbDNA).
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.
The US biotech says it will establish a commercial presence in Belgium, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden to support the delivery of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics locally.
Lonza has signed a licensing agreement with clinical-stage biopharma, Zhejiang Doer Biologics, whereby the Hangzhou, China based biopharma company will develop multi-specific biotherapeutics using the Swiss CDMO’s XS Pichia.
To further support the increasing number of pharma companies investing in microbials, Lonza is expanding its microbial development laboratories at its Visp, Switzerland site by 50%.
Lonza is investing to expand mammalian development services at its Singapore facility; the move will bring additional capacity for cell culture, purification, and analytical services for mammalian biologics.
3i Group plc has partnered with a former Lonza executive to create a ‘pure-play, patient-centric and sustainable’ biologics drug product contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO).
Designed specifically for AAVs production to support gene therapies, a medium launched by Lonza is expected to accelerate cell growth while saving developers time and costs.
Lonza partners with three research organizations to transfer their preclinical immunotherapies development projects into the Cocoon closed automated processing platform.
Cellectis chooses Lonza to take on the clinical manufacturing of its UCART blood cancer immunotherapy candidates, intended to be marketed as industrialized, readily available CAR-T cells.
Lonza’s facility in Singapore will provide Celltrion with the drug substance product to meet demand for the latter’s Remsima biosimilar in the European and US market.
Lonza enters a partnership with Vineti to advance its ‘vein-to-vein’ delivery network, creating an end-to-end ordering and manufacturing process in support of cell and gene therapy development.
Lonza extends its deal with Omeros for the commercial manufacture of a treatment for thrombotic microangiopathy, ahead of filing with the US FDA and the EMA.
Lonza already manufacturers three out of five commercially available ADCs but is preparing for additional demand with a two-year expansion project at its Visp site.
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Lonza adds its first sterile drug product fill-finish facility to its network after acquiring Novartis’ Swiss plant, building on its parenteral drug product development and testing capabilities for clinical trial supply.
As the cell and gene therapies market evolves, CDMOs and pharmaceutical companies aim to adapt to the rising demands and serve larger patient populations.
Lonza will provide manufacturing for Alector’s Phase I drug candidates for neurodegenerative diseases from its Switzerland site, which is expected to be operational by mid-2020.
