Pharmaceutical Technology Editors

Innovate UK has awarded Epsilogen with further grant funding for the development of the next generation antibody treatments for ovarian cancer.

GSK and CureVac will collaborate on mRNA-based vaccines and mAbs. Separately, the EIB and others provided CureVac with financing for development of its CVnCoV vaccine candidate and expansion of manufacturing.

Study reports immune and T-cell response from CanSino COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Preliminary data from a German Phase I/II trial shows Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine candidate produces immune response.

Strong immune response by patients receiving two doses of vaccine suggests a possible treatment strategy.

Udit Batra, PhD has been named Waters’ new president and CEO, effective September 1, 2020.

The Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued its final opinion on measures for companies to take that will limit the presence of nitrosamines in human medicines.

Global regulatory authorities have published a report describing the aligned positions on COVID-19 vaccine development, which were agreed upon by meeting participants of the second workshop on COVID-19 vaccine development.

Industry has welcomed the launch of the Global AMR Action Fund, which aims to bring two to four new antibiotics to patients by 2030 to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

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Dewpoint’s condensate platform works to target individual molecules and interacting groups of molecules within condensate communities to create new treatments for incurable and untreatable diseases.

Through the deal, Roche will gain co-commercialization rights to pralsetinib, Blueprint Medicine’s investigational, once-daily oral precision therapy for the treatment of RET-altered non-small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, and other types of thyroid cancer

Suitable for bioprocessing, solubilization, and stabilization applications, the new histidine products allow for the control of endotoxin and trace metal impurities reflected with elemental impurity data in parts per billion on their specifications.

The agency is hoping to restart performing on-site domestic inspections during the week of July 20, 2020 depending on factors such as the status of COVID-19 in the state of inspection and local rules and guidelines.

The agreement will accelerate production of SiO2’s plastic vials for vaccines and therapeutics for Operation Warp Speed.

Stevanato Group’s Vision Robot Unit uses AI-based machine learning capabilities for particle and cosmetic inspection of biopharmaceutical drug products.

Through the acquisition, the companies plan to build a global science-based organization that uses product innovation to enhance ABITEC’s scientific and commercial interests.

The new SDMS automatically gathers and protects all instrument and other laboratory data as it is generated for enhanced lab management, quality, and security.

CordenPharma added a 3000-L solid-phase peptide synthesis vessel to its GMP API facility in Boulder, CO.

VAR2 Pharmaceuticals has been selected for its development of a drug-conjugated malaria protein that potentially selectively binds to most human tumor types.

BARDA and DOD have awarded a $450-million contract to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to manufacture and supply an investigational double antibody cocktail in development for treating COVID-19.

The acquisition will give the CDMO additional clinical filling options in Europe, which is expected to come online in 2021.

The company will manufacture a conjugated vaccine candidate being developed to prevent the disease melloidosis.

The European Commission has approved Lynparza (olaparib) for use in patients with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) metastatic pancreatic cancer within the European Union.

SGS has announced the receipt of approval from Belgium’s Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) to begin a new clinical trial of a potential treatment for patients with COVID-19 related respiratory failure.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Medicago have announced a collaboration for the development and evaluation of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

The new site will offer initial design and development, low-volume manufacturing, and scalable high-quality production of wearable drug delivery devices.

The agreement will fund the late-stage clinical development, a Phase III clinical trial, large-scale manufacturing, and the delivery of 100 million doses of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX‑CoV2373.

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM) has published a new general chapter (2.6.32) in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) supplement 10.3.

The agreement will combine Rentschler’s experience in drug substance manufacturing and Vetter’s expertise in aseptic fill/finish and secondary packaging.