Manufacturing

Careful design, planning, and record keeping are needed for cleaning and changeover in multiproduct pharmaceutical facilities.

Consider current large-scale practices for oligonucleotide synthesis as a basis for improving commercial-scale platform strategies.

Researching excipient grades and sources, as well as screening suppliers and materials, form the basis of programs to mitigate risk.

This paper discusses what causes cross-linking, how cross-linking is addressed with addition of enzymes, and consideration for occasional high results that can be obtained during release testing.

CDMOs must consider challenges associated with the complexity of contract pharmaceutical manufacturing when approaching digitalization projects.

Abcam has purchased Applied StemCell’s (ASC’s) gene editing platform and oncology product portfolio, adding comprehensive cell editing capabilities and engine to support expansion of existing “off-the-shelf” cell lines.

WuXi’s R&D team will be developing and manufacturing 2019-nCoV-neutralizing antibodies at the company's four GMP facilities.

The new 1800-m2 building houses more than 50 employees and features non-GMP laboratory space and a GMP analytical laboratory.

The new facility, to be operated under the newly formed CDMO, The Center for Breakthrough Medicines, will be located in King of Prussia, PA, and will increase manufacturing capacity for cell and gene therapies.

The facility will produce parenteral products and delivery devices and is set to create 460 new jobs.

As the facility becomes fully operational, the company believes the potential risk of a shortage of the product due to increasing demand will be significantly reduced.

The fully integrated, pre-qualified, pre-installed aseptic filling facility can be shipped globally for drug development and the manufacturing of personalized medicines and clinical trial supplies.

The facility is now equipped to handle commercial manufacturing of a sterile injectable product in a pre-filled syringe presentation.

The agreement centers around the development of new stem-cell derived allogeneic T-cell therapies for the treatment of cancer.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ new facility for cell and gene processing supplies will be open in 2022.

A development and manufacturing partnership with Thermo will allow Civica to expand its internal pipeline of medications for use in emergency and critical care in the United States, further preventing the risk of drug shortages.

The formation of the new gene therapy company stems from the progress and success of Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s clinical manufacturing and gene therapy work.

The next-generation gene editing system can be applied to the development of novel cell and gene therapies.

Tracking and implementing label changes are crucial to the lifecycle of a marketed drug product.

Achieving effective manufacturing processes and sufficient capacity remains a top priority across a diversified biologic drug pipeline.

As mergers continue and operations become more complex, simplifying procedures and training can prevent costly morale, quality, and compliance problems.

ProBioGen and Lava Therapeutics have closed the cell line development and manufacturing agreement for Lava’s novel bispecific antibody lead candidate.

Catalent’s FlexDirect service offers sponsors multiple delivery options from a single inventory.

The therapy is currently approved in the EU as a gene therapy for the treatment of patients 12 years and older with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.

The trial will test experimental stem-cell treatments against biologic therapies for severe forms of relapsing multiple sclerosis.

Phillips-Medisize has announced that it is expanding its current Global Innovation and Development (GID) site in Struer, Denmark, to include a dedicated manufacturing development and clinical build unit.

The Ireland-based company can now offer complete elemental impurities testing services.

Molecular taggants from Applied DNA Sciences and Colorcon’s Opadry coating target counterfeit and falsified medications.

The new site can manufacture oligonucleotide APIs at large scale.

With a positive employment market, some bio/pharma professionals explore options for career advancement.