BioPharm International Editors

Through the acquisition, Amgen will have access to Five Prime’s oncology portfolio, which includes bemarituzumab, Five Prime’s Phase-III ready anti-FGFR2b antibody.

Rokote Laboratories Finland, an academic spin-out located in Finland, is working to develop a nasal spray vaccine against COVID-19 based on research from the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland.

The expansion will allow Ashland to focus on clinical study projects and commercialization activities.

Validation for SaaS LIMS, advance analytics, and cybersecurity features announced during Pittcon virtual press conference.

Manufacturing of the vaccine will take place at Baxter’s fill/finish sterile manufacturing facilities located in Bloomington, IN.

Heather N. Sugrue will serve as the company’s vice-president of Business Development.

The European Medicines Agency and Health Canada have published clinical data used to support the authorization of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The agency is working to identify and obstruct scammers looking to profit from the pandemic.

The European Medicines Agency has begun a rolling review based on laboratory and clinical studies of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac).

The guidance document provides recommendations for reporting and implementing changes to container closure system components consisting of glass vials and stoppers for sterile drug products.

The EC has launched a structured dialogue aimed at gaining a better understanding of global medicines supply chains and to identify potential causes and drivers of vulnerabilities.

A recent survey by SwedenBIO has demonstrated a major upswing in the Swedish life science industry.

With funding from the federal government, Merck will expand capacity to produce J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine.

AstraZeneca has announced that the mass rollout of its COVID-19 vaccine has begun via the COVAX initiative.

Under the terms of the acquisition, OXGENE will become a fully owned subsidiary of WuXi Advanced Therapies, WuXi AppTec’s cell and gene therapy contract testing, development, and manufacturing organization business unit.

The companies intend to design and implement algorithms for the early stages of research for drug discovery and development of drug candidates to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

The acquisition strategically expands SPT Labtech’s offering in sample management for life sciences.

The new ultra-sensitive second-generation micro-chip technology is a key enabler in advanced single-cell proteomics workflow.

Through the acquisition, Merck will have access to Pandion’s pipeline of precision immune modulators targeting critical immune control nodes, including its lead candidate, PT101.

Through the partnership, Seven Bridges will centralize and manage terabytes of raw and processed scRNASeq data using its cloud-based bioinformatic analysis platform while working to expand Pfizer’s cloud platforms and capabilities.

Distribution of the first one-dose vaccine for COVID-19 to start in early March.

EMA's CHMP has started a rolling review of regdanvimab (CT-P59), which is a monoclonal antibody being developed by Celltrion for the treatment of COVID-19.

The site will house development and GMP production capacities for cell and gene therapies, next-generation vaccines, and biopharmaceuticals, to support clients from early clinical trials through commercialization.

The company will join the network of approved manufacturers of the lipid excipients.

Under the terms of the partnership, ICQ Consultants will provide consulting and engineering services for the installation, maintenance, qualification, and support of Yokogawa's bioreactor systems and related products in the US.

The companies will integrate Welldoc’s digital insulin management solution, BlueStar, into Eli Lilly’s connected insulin solutions.

Through the acquisition, PharmaLex will expand its capabilities in the biopharma sector while enhancing its global market reach with a new location in Australia.

The expansion, to be completed in April 2021 aims to increase the CDMO’s viral-vector production capacity in Spain.

The new facility is part of Bristol Myers Squibb’s investment into the clinical and commercial manufacturing of cell therapies for patients with aggressive hematological cancers.

Through the acquisition, Catalent will establish pDNA development and manufacturing services at its Rockville, MD, facility and will gain Delphi’s team of R&D and genetic engineering scientists, technicians, and regulatory specialists.