Vector Laboratories announced the acquisition of Quanta BioDesign on July 17, 2023, which further expands the former’s portfolio of bioconjugation linkers and dyes, as well as its manufacturing sector, according to the press release.

Westlake’s third fund of $450 million will be used to grow early stage biotechnology companies.

German manufacturer metabion is conducting a multi-million euro expansion of its oligonucleotide manufacturing capacity in Munich East.

Laboratoire HRA Pharma norgestrel is the first daily tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy.

Eisai’s lecanemab-irmb was converted from an accelerated approval to a traditional approval.

The agency is reviewing the medicines after receiving reports of self-injury and suicidal thoughts in patients using the type 2 diabetes treatments.

Start-ups are plagued with common issues that dramatically decrease their odds of achieving investor funding.

EMA looks to focus on mRNA vaccines because their classification depends on the target and/or whether they are obtained chemically or biologically.

The acquisition will continue to strengthen the area of conjugate vaccines and bioconjugate drugs and will expand Biosynth’s capabilities from good manufacturing practice facilities located in Berlin, Germany.

FDA's approval of Leqembi paves the way for wider coverage of the drug by Medicare and establishes a process for further clinical testing and evaluation of treatments for this widespread, debilitating condition

The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2023 where CorEvitas will become a part of Thermo Fisher’s Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services segment.

Caribou will maintain full ownership and control of its pipeline of allogeneic CAR-T and CAR-NK cell therapies.

Camena Bioscience has completed $10 million in Series A financing on the back of growing demand for DNA synthesis.

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new tumoroid culture medium kit is designed to help cancer researchers better model the disease.

Eurofins Genomics Blue Heron’s novel mRNA synthesis service is designed for customizable applications.

EMA, the European Commission, and HMAs are phasing out the flexible regulations put into place during the pandemic.

Full Marketing Authorization has been granted for Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine by the European Commission.

Chime Biologics, Leads Biolabs, and BeiGene have formed a three-way collaboration to advance the development and global manufacturing of Leads Biolabs’ lead mAb candidate, LBL-007.

Meletios Therapeutics has been awarded with funding worth €1.2 million (US$1.3 million) from Bpifrance’s Deeptech development program.

Syngene has acquired a multi-modal biologics drug substance manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India, from Stelis Biopharma.

FDA has approved Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec-rvox), a gene therapy from BioMarin Pharmaceutical for treating severe hemophilia A in adults.

The UK and EU have negotiated a new draft deal for Britain to re-join the Horizon Europe research programme.

If we view a change opposite of one’s interest as antithetical to innovation, we risk losing sight of our ultimate goal.

The debate surrounding drug pricing changes rages on.

A novel complement therapeutic CTx001 offers a novel approach to treating geographic atrophy.

Donaldson Company’s €136 million (US$148 million) acquisition of Univercells is designed to broaden its portfolio of biomanufacturing solutions.

UCB’s rozanolixizumab-noli is approved for treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis in certain adult patient groups.

Tower Cold Chain will soon open its new headquarters in Philadelphia.