Rigaku is featuring its latest x-ray instrumentation at three virtual booths at the virtual 27th International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, and Biotechnology conference.

OptiGel DR softgel capsules are formed by the combination of pectin, a naturally derived polysaccharide, and gelatin, which eliminates the need for a separate capsule coating step.

The company was selected because of its nucleic acid platform which, when combined with virotherapy, has the potential to treat liver cancer by using a lipid nanoparticle delivery system.

The lab, which is currently available to customers, can handle highly potent compounds.

The facility will include a high-speed sterile line for live virus filling, a line for standard fill/finish, cleanroom capacity, labs, warehousing, and offices to support production.

The much-anticipated meeting of FDA’s vaccine advisory committee this week is slated to address a number of critical issues related to testing and approval of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection.

The new VirusExpress lentiviral production platform increases dose yields and reduces process development time for cell and gene therapies.

The new facility at the company’s San Diego, CA, site will be for late phase and commercial CGMP manufacturing.

The IQ Consortium marks a decade of impactful innovation of collaboration through a network of pharmaceutical companies driving change for the bio/pharmaceutical industry.

The judges chose Sheng from a shortlist of seven candidates and highlighted his work in the Taiwanese and global markets while guiding the company through “pivotal changes” that demonstrated his abilities as a “top CEO.”

Cytiva will provide the first FlexFactory to be used in the manufacture of pDNA to Akron Bio.

The approval comes after a Phase III trial that showed Keytruda reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 35%.

Shimadzu, has opened a new branch office in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Cambrex has completed the expansion of its solid form screening and crystallization process development facility in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Oxular has been granted rare pediatric disease and orphan drug designations by the US FDA for its proprietary drug, OXU-003.

The UK's MHRA has joined the Australia-Canada-Singapore-Switzerland (ACSS) Consortium of regulators.

Recent data, from BIA and Clarivate, has revealed that investment in UK biotech continues to be strong.

Roche will use Dyno’s CapsidMap platform to develop next-generation adeno-associated virus vectors for gene therapies for central nervous system diseases and liver-directed therapies.

The winners were announced during day seven of CPhI Festival of Pharma.

The company will supply its LIMS to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) to support vaccine production programs for COVID-19 at WRAIR’s pilot bioproduction facility.

Virtual Touring allows companies to inspect and visit vendor and contract partner sites remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The unexplained illness in a study participant is being reviewed and evaluated by an independent data safety monitoring board and internal clinical and safety physicians.

The companies are entering into an agreement for the late-stage development and large-scale manufacturing of AZD7442, AstraZeneca’s investigational product for treatment and prevention of COVID-19.

The expansion has doubled Cambrex’s footprint to 15,000 ft2, including an added 3500 ft2 of laboratory space.

Bio/pharma industry leaders support FDA’s newly published EUA guidance for COVID-19 vaccine authorization.

Rentschler will handle the downstream processing to provide highly purified drug substance at its headquarters in Laupheim, Germany.

The partnership aims to provide a platform of hiPSC-based assays, drug discovery technologies, high-throughput screening, and high-content screening.

Purdue University’s Continuity Pharma received a $1.5-million grant from DARPA to develop continuous manufacturing technology for generic drug products.