Outsourcing

Emerging therapies, patient-centric medicines, and the ever-changing world of bio/pharmaceuticals complicate technology transfer.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe chats with Kevin Li, MBA, from BioDuro-Sundia about integrated services and the benefits these services can provide to pharma companies.

Cell and gene therapy experts Fabian Gerlinghaus, Dr. Claudia Zylberberg, and Benjamin McLeod weigh in on hot topics in CGT.

Cell and gene therapy experts Fabian Gerlinghaus, Dr. Claudia Zylberberg, and Benjamin McLeod weigh in on hot topics in CGT.

Ahmed Youssef, senior manager, USP Process Development at Ascend, provides insight on tech transfer when developing and manufacturing emerging therapies and new modalities.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe spoke with John McQuaid, president and managing director at Almac Pharma Services, at CPHI Milan 2024, held October 8–10, in Milan, Italy, about how the pharmaceutical industry is growing and what might drive investment in the future.

Cell and gene therapy experts Fabian Gerlinghaus, Dr. Claudia Zylberberg, and Benjamin McLeod weigh in on hot topics in CGT.

According to the annual survey, four of the five biggest biologics capacity holders in 2028 will comprise CMOs, which are expected to have 45% of all CMO capacity in Asia.

The nanofiber microcarriers are the first of their kind for manufacturing viral vectors used in gene therapy production, according to Cellevate.

Contract organizations offer assistance for testing raw materials obtained from outside suppliers.

As part of a range of sustainable products and services that SGD Pharma plans to showcase at CPHI Milan, the company will introduce its siliconized molded glass vials.

According to the survey results, 49% of industry respondents are “highly positive” on the contract services sector seeing growth over the next 18 months.

Lonza signed a long-term supply agreement to manufacture CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel) for Vertex at its facility in Geleen, the Netherlands, and plans to expand manufacturing to Portsmouth, NH, in the United States.

Contract organizations offer assistance when managing changes to material suppliers during a product’s lifecycle.

Qualifying material suppliers is a crucial step in ensuring safe and effective drug products.

Rentschler Biopharma has expanded its service offerings at its Stevenage, UK, site with a new lentiviral vector manufacturing toolbox.

Vernal Biosciences’ CEO and founder, Christian Cobaugh, discusses the outsourcing landscape for mRNA production.

This Behind the Headlines news roundup panel discussion covers news items such as the resurgence of mpox in Africa, “medical tourism” in India, Eli Lilly’s new Boston CGT facilities, and contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) projected growth rates for the 2023–2029 period, and the reasons behind them.

Employing novel technologies and more patient-centric approaches can help to reduce the potential of formulation failure.

Contract organizations offer sponsors specialized equipment, capacity, and expertise for testing, manufacturing, and packaging bio/pharmaceutical products.

The addition of BIOVECTRA’s biologics capabilities to accelerate drug development and manufacturing will allow Agilent to expand its end-to-end offerings for biopharma services.

PluriCDMO, Pluri's newly launched CDMO division, has been selected by Kadimastem to manufacture two novel cell therapy product candidates.

Thermo Fisher will add Olink to its Life Sciences Solutions business.

HCPs are major process-related impurities that must be monitored throughout biologics production for clearance.

This collaboration aims to support and accelerate clinical development of advanced and novel technologies.

No timetable was given for the length of the planned evaluation or when data would be available, but Kite intends to use the information to expand its manufacturing options.

The pairing of Abzena and Argonaut Manufacturing Services is the result of several years’ worth of collaborative work between the two companies.

CordenPharma has partnered with Spain-based Certest to develop ionizable lipids for LNP formulations.

The PharmTech Group spoke with BIOVECTRA's director of Business Development, Nucleic Acid Modalities, Jessica Madigan, about the concept of flexibility in outsourcing and the 2024 BIO Convention.