Manufacturing, Biologic Drugs

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies will add a new building, including gene therapy laboratories, to its facility in College Station, TX.

In batch production, efficient exception management means reducing the time required to identify, review, and resolve process exceptions. Incorporating review by exception functionality within manufacturing execution system (MES) software can streamline biopharmaceutical product release.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences will supply Akeso Pharmaceuticals with the FlexFactory platform to accelerate production of antibody drugs in the Guangzhou region.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ KUBio box is an integrated, flexible biomanufacturing environment for viral vector-based gene therapies.

The partners have developed a scalable, cost-effective purification process for adeno-associated viruses.

The new location is one of the world’s first digital facilities to use intensified, continuous biologics production technology.

Lonza, through its Ibex Solutions, will now cover preclinical and clinical development and manufacturing for a significant portion of Genmab’s pipeline.

Automated, electronic systems for raw materials tracking improve efficiency and prevent mistakes in biopharma manufacturing.

GSK’s expanded R&D and manufacturing facility in Upper Merion, PA houses a new analytical lab and flexible manufacturing equipment, including single-use bioreactors.

The new program, Cornerstone, integrates process development expertise and novel technology to remove development bottlenecks in the manufacture of gene therapy medicinal products.

Nephron Pharma and the University of South Carolina plan to build a sterile compounding lab at the University for research and training.

FDA approved the drug after a successful open-label study of children aged six to 11 years and living with the condition.

The company’s Custom Single Run product line now has available bioreactors with working volumes of up to 6000 L.

Bayer will use ProBioGen’s GlymaxX technology to maximize the potency of its antibody drug candidate in development for oncological indications.

The new antibody, Citryll’s CIT-013, could offer new treatment options for various human diseases including lupus, vasculitis, pulmonary fibrosis, and organ damage due to sepsis.

The new facility, located in Ness Ziona, Israel, will support clinical phage manufacturing and can be expanded in the future to support commercial-scale manufacturing.

The joint venture, named BacThera, will operate out of headquarters in Basel, Switzerland and will serve pre-clinical to Phase II projects, with the ability to expand to Phase III and commercial manufacturing in the future.

The evolution of cell-culture technology is driving the need for improvements in modeling solutions.

A collaboration between Insilico Biotechnology and IFAT aims to develop a manufacturing, planning, and control system for the production of monoclonal antibodies.

The partners will collaborate to identify the bioactive components in hydrolysates, which have long been used as additives in cell culture media and feed formulation in the biopharma industry.

Pfizer is investing $500 million for the construction of a state-of-the-art gene therapy manufacturing facility in Sanford, NC.

The Birtley, UK facility added cleanroom, manufacturing, and testing facilities for biopharma manufacturing single-use systems.

The companies have entered into a manufacturing agreement for the production of Phase III clinical trial material.

The acquisition strengthens BioLife’s position as a supplier of disruptive, enabling solutions used for manufacturing, storage, and distribution of cell and gene therapies.

The new facility will manufacture biopharmaceutical products under cGMP conditions.

The acquisition expands Eurofins Genomics’ gene portfolio while bolstering Blue Heron’s production capabilities.

The acquisition will boost Bayer’s cell-therapy development programs, with an initial focus on neurology, cardiology, and immunology.

The facility will support gene therapy production and continued development of PTC’s pipeline of investigational medicines.

The company has launched new services for mammalian cell bank manufacturing under GMP conditions.

As vaccines gain prominence within pharma, there is an expectation that specialized CDMO services will provide opportunities.