Industry News

Various executives in the life sciences industry have started a petition calling for “complete economic disengagement” with Russia.

Novo Nordisk will expand its existing research collaboration in novel delivery technologies with MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Curia and the US government have entered into a cooperative agreement to expand fill/finish capability for injectable medicines.

UCB has announced it will build a new innovative gene therapy facility in Belgium.

Amgen has announced the groundbreaking of its newest biomanufacturing facility in North Carolina.

Johnson & Johnson have announced a landmark agreement to enable the manufacturing and availability of its COVID-19 vaccine in Africa by an African company.

Moderna has announced that it has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of the Republic of Kenya to establish its first mRNA manufacturing facility in Africa.

Researchers at McGill University have made advancements with a novel method for growing synthetic bone tissue.

FDA’s CDER continues to make rare diseases a priority with drug approvals and programming to speed therapeutic development.

Evonik has increased its global supply of plant-derived cholesterol used for mRNA vaccines and gene therapies.

A consortium of nine development partners will support Biovac's expansion of its existing vaccine manufacturing plant capacity, while Biovac itself aims to raise funds to boost increased vaccine manufacturing capacity across Africa.

Pfizer has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA for its RSV vaccine candidate for prevention of RSV illness in infants by active immunization of pregnant women.

FDA has revised the Emergency Use Authorization for sotrovimab.

Hovione has announced that Jean-Luc Herbeaux will take over for Guy Villax as CEO on April 1, 2022.

Califf will face challenges that include COVID-19, opioids, and user fees.

UCB has announced that it is extending its tender offer to acquire Zogenix.

EMA has recommended approval of Spikevax for children aged 6 to 11.

Johnson & Johnson has confirmed advancement of the nationwide opioid settlement agreement.

Pfizer and BioNTech receive positive opinion for COVID-19 vaccine booster in adolescents 12 through 17 years of age in the EU.

FDA approves Jardiance (empagliflozin) for wider range of patients with heart failure.

FDA licenses Certara’s Immunogenicity Simulator to research and evaluate immunogenicity in protein-based therapeutics.

Medicago and GSK have announced that Health Canada has approved COVIFENZ, an adjuvanted plant-based COVID-19 vaccine.

USP is developing mRNA quality guidelines to help companies and regulators bring innovative medicines to market faster.

Scottish Enterprise has awarded £20 million (US$27 million) to Valneva Scotland to advance vaccine development.

Alvea has begun preclinical testing of a scalable, shelf-stable DNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Sanofi and GSK announce they are seeking regulatory authorization for COVID-19 vaccine.

Novavax announces the first doses of Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine have begun shipping to European Union member states.

The Center for Breakthrough Medicines and BioAnalysis LLC have formed a strategic alliance to offer novel analytical testing services for CGT clients.