Feliza Mirasol

The new biotech company will use the Series A financing to advance the development of enhanced biologics to treat solid tumors and inflammatory and immunology diseases.

STADA and Alvotech have launched Uzpruvo, the first approved biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab), in the European market, marking the second biosimilar brought to market by this partnership.

Scorpius Holdings expects to launch its first CGMP campaign for mammalian-based biomanufacturing in the 2024 third quarter.

BeiGene has invested $800 million into a new biologics manufacturing facility in Hopewell, NJ, which also houses its clinical R&D capabilities.

Under the expanded agreement, Univercells and University of Pennsylvania will evaluate certain bioreactors for scalable gene therapy production.

GSK’s submission is supported by Phase III trials showing significant progression-free survival benefit and positive overall survival trends using Blenrep combinations compared to standard care.

Pluri’s newly launched CDMO business will manufacture two novel cell therapy product candidates for Kadimastem.

The acquisition adds a Phase III therapeutic peptide candidate to AstraZeneca’s late-stage pipeline for rare diseases.

The acquisition of EyeBio adds a late-phase antibody drug candidate for diabetic macular edema and neovascular age-related macular degeneration to Merck’s pipeline.

The acquisition adds NM26, a Phase II-ready bispecific antibody for treating atopic dermatitis, to Johnson & Johnson’s immune-mediated and inflammatory disease portfolio.

With the acquisition, Olink will join Thermo Fisher’s Life Sciences Solutions business.

Through a multi-year collaboration, Pfizer and Evotec aim to conduct early discovery research for therapeutics against metabolic and infectious diseases.

The acquisition of uniQure’s Lexington, Mass., manufacturing operations will boost Genezen’s late-phase and commercial gene therapy development and manufacturing services.

A strategic partnership between LenioBio and Labscoop is aimed at making scalable cell-free protein synthesis technology more accessible across North America.

EMA has accepted GSK’s application seeking treatment with Jemperli (dostarlimab) plus chemotherapy for all adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

The Celsius Therapeutics acquisition will add CEL383, a potential first-in-class anti-TREM1 antibody for IBD, to AbbVie’s portfolio.

With the Proteologix acquisition, Johnson & Johnson gains two bispecific antibody early phase assets for immune-mediated diseases.

Novo Nordisk plans to invest $4.1 billion in a second fill/finish manufacturing facility in Clayton, N.C., boosting its current 2024 investments into production to $6.8 billion.

FDA has granted expanded approval to Sarepta Therapeutics for Elevidys to treat DMD in non-ambulatory patients, in addition to ambulatory patients.

Immunology company argenx gets its third FDA-approved indication for VYVGART Hytrulo for treating chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Ecolab Life Sciences and Repligen introduce DurA Cycle, a new affinity resin for large-scale biologics manufacturing.

Syngene has launched a new protein production platform that offers faster production with lower risk.

Swiss CDMO CordenPharma and Spain-based Certest will collaborate on the development of ionizable lipids for LNP formulations.

AGC Biologics has completed an expansion at its Copenhagen, Denmark, site, which doubles its bioreactor capacity for mammalian-based cell culture.

CGT manufacturing processes need automation as well as standardization, according to Lonza’s Joe Garrity and Jerry Jiang.

The biopharma industry is looking at continuous chromatography for sensitive molecules.

Joe Garrity and Jerry Jiang from Lonza share their insights on the latest trends and challenges for the commercialization of new CGTs.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies CEO Lars Petersen highlights the company’s strategic goals and meeting market demand for mammalian cell culture capacity.

Raphael Townshend, founder and CEO of Atomic AI, speaks on AI’s usefulness in characterizing molecular structure and advancing molecular engineering.

Andrew Carnegie of Inaphaea BioLabs explains the role of a translational CRO and of PDC models in drug discovery.