Outsourcing

The new super plant, being built in Incheon, South Korea, will have a total biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity of 256,000 L.

The companies have formed a long-term manufacturing agreement to accelerate the global supply for Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody therapeutics.

The partners have established PathoQuest, Inc., a US subsidiary, and will construct an NGS-based testing lab at Charles River’s Wayne, PA, site.

Analysis from the CPhI Annual Report has revealed that the global contract services sector is benefitting from a switch toward COVID-19 manufacturing and clinical-stage contracts; however, mega-cap pharma innovation is slowing outsourcing.

The agreement will provide capacity for the manufacturing of AZD7442, currently being developed for the potential prevention and treatment of COVID-19, at Lonza's Portsmouth, NH site.

Catalent has signed an agreement with Bone Therapeutics for the acquisition of Skeletal Cell Therapy Support SA (SCTS).

3P Biopharmaceuticals, and Oxford University spin-out, SpyBiotech, have signed a vaccine contract manufacturing agreement.

Vetter has moved into new headquarters located in Ravensburg, Germany, and plans to continue its long-term investment for corporate development.

Cambrex has completed the expansion of its solid form screening and crystallization process development facility in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Following a recent expansion at its Cambridge, MA, facility, the company now houses a new suite of cellular analysis platforms that enhance its exploratory capabilities into oncology, neuroscience, and rare diseases.

The company’s new CytoML Experiment Suite fully automates each stage of the flow cytometry data lifecycle, allowing for clearer data visualization and analysis.

More complex and challenging compounds require a more tailored approach to formulation strategies.

Industry experts discuss challenges and best practices for scaling up manufacturing under a short deadline.

Facility and equipment design are important, but the team and its experience matter most.

Cellular and gene therapy fields are currently on track for, if not already experiencing, a serious capacity crunch.

The radiopharmaceutical CDMO is building a new cGMP facility in Springfield, NJ.

CMDO Piramal Pharma Solutions held a grand opening at a facility they acquired in Sellersville, PA.

The investment at its Madison, WI, facility will expand MilliporeSigma’s capacity for high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient production and allow for continuous flow manufacturing of ADCs.

The company is investing $130 million to add Phase III through commercial-scale manufacturing suites to its gene therapy campus in Harmans, MD.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is increasing access to cry-electron microscopy with the help of contract research organizations.

Catalent will manufacture drug substance for AZD1222 at its Harmans, MD facility.

CDMO Avid Bioservices will provide development and drug substance manufacturing for Oragenics’ novel COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Terra CoV-2.

Experts at Hovione describe progress being made in understanding how to optimize continuous processes for oral solid-dosage drug products.

The company has made several moves in recent weeks to expand manufacturing capacity and cell line services.