Biopharma News

Predictive Oncology and Cancer Research Horizons have partnered to pursue development of cancer drugs utilizing the PEDAL platform.

Sandoz, a Novartis division, is expected to invest at least $400 million to build a new biologics manufacturing facility in Lendava, Slovenia, to support growing demand for biosimilars.

The collaboration between Genuv and Celltrion will utilize Genuv's proprietary mouse platform for antibody discovery.

Pfizer will acquire all outstanding shares of Seagen for a total of $43 billion.

Sumitovant Bipharma has completed its acquisition of Myovant Sciences for approximately $1.7 billion.

Silicon Valley Bank has collapsed, leaving many biotechnology companies unsure of the future.

Catalent is expanding its UpTempo AAV platform to accelerate the development of gene therapies.

Sotatercept, a drug candidate acquired by Merck in an $11.5 billion acquisition, showed statistically significant improvements in various measures.

Janssen has received a positive opinion from EMA for AKEEGA plus prednisone or prednisolone for the treatment of BRCA1/2 gene-mutated metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer.

Lilly will cap insulin prices for patients with and without insurance at $35 per month.

AstraZeneca has entered into a global exclusive license agreement with KYM Biosciences for CMG901, which is being investigated as a gastric cancer treatment.

Moderna and Merck’s investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by FDA.

Orchard Therapeutics has announced an agreement which will enable reimbursed access to Libmeldy for all eligible MLD patients in Sweden.

Moderna will leverage Life Edit’s suite of gene editing technologies to advance development of in vivo gene editing therapies.

Sanofi’s once-weekly replacement therapy is FDA-approved for prevention and treatment of bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia A.

AbbVie and Capsida have expanded their existing collaboration to advance three new gene therapy programs.

The goal of this collaboration is to develop an approach to personalized radiotherapy and drug discovery that is based in genomics and artificial intelligence.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Syfovre is a pegcetacoplan injection intended for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration.

LIfT and Minaris will work together to develop a manufacturing process for LIfT’s allogeneic neutrophil progenitor cell therapy.

GenScript PrioBio and Bio Immunitas will work together to develop and fast track manufacturing of a novel therapeutic platform.

The kit is meant for use for the detection and quantitation of residual host cell protein.

Roche’s Phase III global program, centered around the biologic crovalimab as a treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, showed the drug was non-inferior to current standards of care.

Thermo Fisher and Celltrio are introducing a new automation platform to address critical scale-up challenges in biotherapeutics.

The new plasmid manufacturing facility aims to increase BioNTech’s autonomy and flexibility in manufacturing.

Thermo Fisher’s sponsorship of Momentum Labs is intended to support biotech businesses in the greater Gainesville region.

Gerresheimer is presenting its new Clinical Trial Kit to accelerate drug development at Pharmapack in Paris.

Scientific Laboratory Supplies’ acquisition of C&M will bolster the company’s scientific calibration, maintenance, and validation offerings.

deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, will whole-genome sequence 35,000 African-American samples provided by Illumina and Nashville Biosciences.