Manufacturing

The site can now support customized product and bioprocess development and custom cell and gene therapy reagent manufacturing.

The expansion included adding new softgel encapsulation lines at its Strathroy, Canada and Sorocaba, Brazil sites for Catalent’s Vegicaps plant-based capsule and its CosmoPod twist-off capsule technologies.

The refurbishment provides enhanced glass melting power, improved glass distribution, and the production of transparent and amber type I glass bottles to meet the increase in demand for glass vials for vaccines and life-saving medicines.

Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity Suite’s improved industrial-grade remote access and added protection and risk monitoring aids remote operations.

The expansions included enhancing high-speed automatic syringe assembly and labeling, vial labeling and cartoning, and auto-injector assembly.

The continuous manufacturing platform can be used for individual unit operations or a complete solid-dosage manufacturing line and can be integrated with third-party equipment.

The updated facility is 60,000 square feet and is equipped with bioprocessing capabilities ranging from 10L to 2000L.

Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services has signed a supply agreement with AstraZeneca for the sterile manufacture of AZD1222, a COVID-19 recombinant adenovirus vaccine, to be used in clinical trials.

Inovio received a $71-million contract from the US Department of Defense to scale up manufacture of its Cellectra smart device to deliver its DNA vaccine.

The facility has dedicated manufacturing and packaging for oral solid dosage forms, liquids, creams, and ointments.

The company will invest $75 million into its Canton, MA, facility to expand its viral vector, gene therapy, and contract development and manufacturing capabilities.

The company will invest EUR 610 million (USD$682 million) into a new vaccine production site and research center in France.

Manufacturers are adapting with virtual work, remote monitoring, and re-evaluation of facility design to ensure worker safety.

New options for pharmaceutical tubes enhance functionality, sustainability, and brand identity.

Cobra Biologics has signed a supply agreement to provide GMP manufacturing for AstraZeneca’s AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Corning will use BARDA funding to expand US manufacturing capacity for pharmaceutical tubing and vials made from Valor glass.

The company is planning on adding up to 1.5 million sq. ft. of cGMP distribution space for COVID-19 shipments.

Oxford Biomedica, has signed a collaboration agreement with the not-for-profit organization, the Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre, to provide the UK with its first strategic vaccine development and advanced manufacturing capability.

The candidates will be used by the Vaccine Research Center, part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.

The companies have entered into a development and manufacturing agreement for Anthos Therapeutics’ abelacimab for treating thrombotic disorders.

Catalent will use its GPEx cell line development technology to create a cell line expressing the recombinant VLP at its Madison, WI facility.

The investment will increase production lines for bulk drug substance and will add a fill/finish production line to the site.

Siemens and Exyte partner for fast-track construction of modular, automated, digitalized biopharmaceutical facilities.

SiO2 Materials Science has received $143 million from the US government to accelerate capacity scale-up of its advanced primary packaging platform.

The VIA Capsule from Cytiva is a liquid nitrogen-free cryogenic shipment system designed to transport cell therapies.