Manufacturing

The company has said that all three of its operating sites in China started back up on Feb. 12 and that it is closely monitoring the outbreak.

Through the agreement, Catalent will offer process optimization and drug substance manufacturing services for the drug candidate at its Madison, WI site.

The acquisition will bring four new GMP-compliant facilities to the PCI network in the United States, Germany, and Canada.

The Brand Security Platform from ACG Inspection uses blockchain, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence technologies to track packages from manufacturer to consumer.

Energy and water waste can be improved with new technologies, and sustainability can be considered in the design of new facilities.

The new facility includes six classified environment rooms with space to expand.

Contract partners must help innovators, especially smaller and virtual companies, consider manufacturability as early as possible in development. This requires focusing on technical and operational performance, as well as cost.

Consider equipment design, transfer systems, and maintenance when operating isolators for sterile manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.

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.