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.
AGC Biologics, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has completed the expansion of its manufacturing space at its Milan Cell and Gene Center of Excellence production site.
Donaldson, a provider of filtration products and solutions, has acquired Univercells Technologies, a producer of biomanufacturing solutions for cell and gene therapy research, development, and commercial manufacturing, to broaden its life sciences reach....
Astraveus, the creator of modular, microfluidic cell foundries for cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing, has raised €16.5 million in series seed financing.
Cellular Origins has partnered with ScaleReady, to automate portions of its cell and gene therapies (CGT) manufacturing workflow using a robotics system for sterile liquid transfer.
Meissner Corporation – a company which manufactures advanced microfiltration and therapeutic manufacturing systems for pharmaceutical drugs, therapeutics, biologics, and cell and gene therapies - will invest nearly $250m in a new manufacturing facility...
Orgenesis is pairing up with University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to deploy cell and gene therapy mobile processing units and labs across California.
Alpha Teknova Inc is teaming up with Sartorius BIA Separations, part of the Sartorius life sciences group, to help gene therapy companies streamline the downstream purification process.
The new Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) in Bristol will expand the UK’s ability to make clinical grade products for the research and development of new cell and gene therapies.
Chinese companies Porton Advanced Solutions and Yinjia Biosciences have signed a pact aimed at supporting further development of cell and gene therapies.
After voluntarily pausing a phase 1/2 trial due to safety concerns in January 2023, the gene edited cell therapy firm Graphite Bio has discontinued the development of nulabeglogene autogedtemcel (nula-cel), its lead candidate cell therapy for sickle cell...
The unprecedented rise in approvals for new cell and gene therapies, and the increasing industry need for cell lines to support the production of therapeutics, has spurred US CDMO, the Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CBM), to act
Last year was a slow one in terms of dealmaking in the life sciences sector but the final quarter saw a major uptick, finds the EY annual M&A Firepower report.
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.
Curamys, a South Korean biotech developing cell and gene therapy using cell fusion technology to treat rare intractable diseases, has signed a strategic platform licensing agreement with US tech developer, MaxCyte.
Yposkesi, an SK pharmteco company, has been witnessing a marked uptick in cell and gene therapy projects and has learnt to effectively manage challenges within the supply chain.
BioNTech will create an mRNA facility in Singapore through the acquisition of a Novartis site: which will become its Regional Headquarters and production center for the Asia Pacific region.
Orgenesis, the biotech specializing in cell and gene therapy (CGT) at the point of care, and private equity firm, Metalmark, have signed a major investment partnership.
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 US federal judge ruling that a Californian clinic’s stromal vascular stem cell treatments do not fall under the FDA's regulatory jurisdiction is of significant concern, says the ISCT.
ElevateBio and the University of Pittsburgh have entered into a long-term strategic partnership to accelerate the development of innovative cell and gene therapies: with ElevateBio to locate its next BaseCamp process development and GMP manufacturing...
Employment in Greater Philadelphia among cell and gene therapy companies has more that doubled since 2019, while employees at contract manufacturing organizations have grown by nearly 40%. Continuing to build the workforce will be crucial as the area...
Edinburgh CDMO RoslinCT and Massachusetts CDMO Lykan Bioscience will combine to create a global advanced therapies CDMO: offering significantly expanded manufacturing capacity.
A $76m investment in the facility in Grand Island, New York, will increase capacity to produce raw materials used in manufacture of vaccines and biologic therapies.
Measuring potency for gene and cell therapies is not so clear-cut, and some companies have hit roadblocks in their submissions to regulatory agencies as a result.
CDMO Matica Bio has opened a new 45,000-square-foot facility dedicated to the production of viral vectors and cell-based products used in cell and gene therapies, vaccines, oncolytic therapies and other genetic medicines.
EU systems need to become more streamlined to help bring novel technologies to market - which would in turn encourage investment and activity in healthcare biotech, says EuropaBio as it publishes key policy recommendations for the sector.
The US will play a key role in the development of advanced manufacturing technologies, predicts a report commissioned by CPhI North America ahead of the 2022 show.
The diagnostics and drug development company, Labcorp, is partnering with San Francisco based, Xcell Biosciences, to advance efforts to help clients bring cell and gene therapies to market.
GC Corp, the holding company for GC group in South Korea, has moved to acquire 100% of the shares of BioCentriq, Inc, a US CDMO that designs and develops scalable cell and gene technologies (CGTs).
Thermo Fisher Scientific says its is leveraging the company’s global infrastructure to offer end-to-end services aimed at speeding up the introduction of cell and gene therapies.
While skills shortages present one of the main challenges to the biopharma industry, North Carolina believes its investments in the life science ecosystem have given it a ‘multiple decade jumpstart’ in building a successful biopharma hub for both manufacturing...
Orgenesis and The Johns Hopkins University will construct a cell and gene therapy processing facility for point of care treatment of patients at Johns Hopkins.
Performance Cell Manufacturing, a CDMO with a focus on manufacturing cell therapies, has been acquired by Great Point Partners and will now operate under the name Cellipont Bioservices.
Samsung Biologics flags further facility construction plans, with biologics, cell and gene therapies and next-generation vaccines to be the focus of those new sites.
Protagen, BioAnalytix, and GeneWerk this week announced their unified operations and re-brand as ProtaGene, a CRO partner for the biologics and cell and gene therapy developers, from discovery to commercialization.
Bayer AG and Mammoth Biosciences, Inc., have announced a strategic collaboration and option agreement for the use of Mammoth’s CRISPR systems to develop in vivo gene-editing therapies.
