Manufacturing, Biologic Drugs

Significant improvements have been developed to tackle the challenges in viral vector manufacturing at each stage.

Whether biologic manufacturers decide to outsource or develop products internally, the quality of a CDMO partnership is critical to success, especially for cell and gene therapy products.

WuXi STA is opening a new large-scale oligonucleotide and peptide manufacturing facility.

Demand spurs innovations in syringes and syringe fill/finish operations.

MilliporeSigma and Lotte Group will collaborate on facility design and workforce training for a new biologics business unit in the US.

Astellas Pharma has opened its new gene therapy manufacturing facility in Sanford, NC, which will support clinical- and commercial-scale manufacturing of AAV vectors for gene therapies.

The expansion at Seqirus’ Holly Springs, N.C., manufacturing facility will support the formulation and fill/finish of influenza vaccines.

Lonza and Israel Biotech Fund form a two-year agreement to support accelerated development and manufacture of biologics and small molecules.

AGC Biologics is investing in viral vector suspension technology at its new Longmont, Colo., facility.

Flexible and efficient methods are needed for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

The struggle to implement continuous biomanufacturing at GMP level is slowly advancing.

Resolving operational bottlenecks makes mAb manufacturing more efficient.

Standardization is needed in CAR-T cell therapy development due to its inherent complexity.

Capacity concerns and regulatory compliance considerations will drive the decision about outsourcing the manufacture of clinical trial materials.

Recipharm has strengthened its biologics manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of both Vibalogics and Arranta Bio.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is expanding its Millersburg, Penn., site with a $40 million investment to support increased production of single-use technology for critical vaccines and biologics.

ImmunoGen and Eli Lilly and Company have entered into an agreement that gives Lilly exclusive rights to research, develop, and commercialize ADCs designed for targets selected by Lilly from ImmunoGen’s camptothecin technology.

Piramal Pharma Solutions plans to construct a multipurpose ADC manufacturing and aseptic fill/finish facility in Grangemouth, Scotland, and to upgrades its existing API manufacturing facility in Morpeth, England.

Arranta Bio will use Cytiva’s FlexFactory single-use manufacturing platform to produce mRNA vaccines.

Recipharm will build up its biologics service offering with the acquisition of GenIbet.

The agreeement will add to Merck KGaA’s LNP and mRNA capabilities.

Workforce training is crucial for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

Sanofi’s acquisition of Amunix will grant access to their promising immuno-oncology pipeline.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies plans to invest £400 million (US$528 million) to expand its Billingham, Teeside facility in the United Kingdom.

Simple, inexpensive real-time analytics are urgently needed for high value products.