BioPharm International Editors

IAVI and Moderna have announced a new collaboration to employ mRNA technology to meet the challenge of a range of global health issues.

FDA has granted Priority Review to Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults.

Evonetix’s thermally controlled DNA synthesis technology is designed to enable highly parallel DNA synthesis in a benchtop platform.

ECDC and EMA have concluded that it is too early to consider using a fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in the general population.

Teva has initiated a voluntary nationwide recall of one lot of IDArubicin Hydrochloride Injection USP 5mg/5 mL due to the presence of particulate matter.

NIH has announced four new grant awards to fund new tuberculosis research advancement centers.

UK’s MHRA has issued a positive opinion for the Early Access to Medicines Scheme for radioligand therapy in patients with advanced prostate cancer.

INCOG Biopharma has completed the construction of its cleanroom production area, marking a milestone in the completion of an overall $100 million investment in a new facility.

Catalent has acquired the Vaccine Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Harwell, Oxford to expand its biologics capabilities across the UK and Europe.

PerkinElmer’s HTRF and AlphaLISA assay kits are designed to detect and quantify CHO host cell protein impurities.

The Thermo Scientific Ramina Process Analyzer is designed with user ease at the forefront.

FDA has accepted Dupixent for Priority Review in patients aged 12 years and older with eosinophilic esophagitis.

ATMPS Ltd has been granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the use of its Hataali blockchain technology used in personalized medicines.

Merck has expanded its manufacturing facility in Elkton, Va. to further increase its HPV vaccine supply.

FDA has granted an expanded Emergency Use Authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine boosters in individuals aged 50 years and older.

Stanley Capital has announced the acquisition of MyMeds&Me by its portfolio company Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Services Solutions.

ten23 health is expanding its sterile drug product manufacturing site at Visp, Switzerland to enlarge cold storage and visual inspections capacity and add clean rooms.

Sterling Pharma Solutions has unveiled a £1 million expansion project to increase its capabilities and laboratories capacity at its Deeside, UK site.

UK government has awarded chemical producer Croda a £15.9 million grant to increase the UK’s capacity to manufacture key vaccine ingredients.

Rentschler Biopharma and Vetter are unveiling a strategic collaboration called Xpert Alliance.

Symbiosis announced the successful completion of UK Research and Innovation project to enhance the manufacturing supply chain for ATMPs within the UK.

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new Gibco CTS Xenon Electroporation System aims to provide easier scale up for cell therapies, from clinical development to commercial manufacturing.

Under the two-year task order, ATCC will continue to support the DCEG MEAS program in receiving, processing, storing, analyzing, and distributing clinical specimens from different cancer types.

KeyPlants has shipped a first-of-its-kind vaccine manufacturing facility to Senegal in West Africa.

Sanofi and IGM Biosciences have announced a collaboration agreement for oncology, immunology, and inflammation targets.

Pfizer has issued a voluntary nationwide recall on lots of Accuretic tablets due to high levels of nitrosamine.

Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine has been granted emergency use authorization for use in the adolescent population ages 12–18 in India.

Orion is planning to refocus its R&D efforts on the development of new proprietary products focused on cancer and pain.

FDA has approved Novartis’ targeted radioligand therapy Pluvicto for the treatment of progressive PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

EMA has recommended the approval of Roche’s Polivy plus R-CHP for the treatment of previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the EU.