Pharmaceutical Technology Editors

Novozymes and Novo Nordisk Pharmatech are teaming up to develop best-in-class technical enzymes to support biopharmaceutical production processes.

BeiGene has acquired property in Hopewell, NJ to build a new manufacturing site and clinical R&D center for advanced new medicines.

Samsung Biologics, GreenLight Biosciences, and Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. have partnered to advance GreenLight’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Samsung Biologics will manufacture GreenLight BioSciences' COVID-19 vaccine candidate for clinical trials and commercial sales.

PathoQuest is the first French contract research organization (CRO) capable of offering GMP grade NGS-based testing services for quality control of biological drugs.

Donaldson Company's acquisition of Solaris Biotechnology is intended to expand their footprint in the life sciences market.

Flywheel's platform will aid Roche and Genentech in the aggregation and management of medical imaging data.

ACG plans to open a capsule manufacturing plant and R&D center in Aurangabad, India.

The study found that patients treated with BIMZELX (bimekizumab) achieved 50% or greater improvement in arthritis signs and symptoms relative to those treated with placebo.

Biogen received MHRA marketing authorization for VUMERITY (diroximel fumarate) for treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).

Benchling raised $100 million to expand in Europe and further develop it's cloud-based R&D platform.

AstraZeneca has unveiled its new facility, The Discovery Centre, which will be used to support the company's focus on precision and specialized medicines, and to foster industry collaboration.

Eppendorf has donated €20,000 (US$22,400) to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in support of the “Advancement of Women in Science” project.

The EC has granted marketing authorization for Gilead’s Trodelvy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

MilliporeSigma’s new ColorWheel flow cytometry portfolio is designed to create antibodies and dyes analogous to a primary conjugated antibody.

Takeda has exercised an option to co-develop and co-commercialize an investigational, brain-penetrant progranulin replacement therapy for the potential treatment of frontotemporal dementia-granulin.

United States government contracts total approximately $1 billion to purchase sotrovimab, an investigational mAb.

Sartorius’ newly redesigned vacuum filtration units are designed to allow for faster and higher-capacity filtration while offering enhanced stability for sample processing.

FDA has amended its EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 booster to include all individuals aged 18 or older.

Novo Nordisk’s 3.3 billion acquisition of Dicerna gives them access to their RNAi technology.

Secarna Pharmaceuticals and Achilles Therapeutics have entered into an agreement to optimize the development of T cell therapies in Achilles’ pipeline.

CGT Catapult and Deep Science Ventures have partnered to encourage innovative approaches to overcoming barriers in delivering advance therapies to patients.

GSK has been granted approval by the EC for its monoclonal antibody therapy, Nucala (mepolizumab), as a treatment for three additional eosinophil-driven diseases.

AbbVie's SKYRIZI (risankizumab) has gained approval for the treatment of active psoriatic arthritis in adults, which is the therapy’s second indication in the European Union.

EC has granted marketing authorization for Celltrion's Regkirona (regdanvimab, CT-P59) as a treatment for adults with COVID-19.

Sterling Pharma Solutions has announced a £10 million (US$13.5 million) investment into process development and manufacturing capacity at its site in Dudley, UK.

Novavax has announced that EMA has started its review of a conditional marketing authorization application for its COVID-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373.

Lonza is expanding its microbial development capabilities at its Visp, Switzerland, site to support clinical and commercial drug development programs.

Kala’s acquisition of Combangio expands its clinical-stage biologic pipeline.

Synthace has raised $35 million in funding to fuel growth of its life sciences R&D technology.