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Startup company Vivlion has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with ERS Genomics granting access to CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio.

Lonza has formed a long-term, strategic collaboration with a global biopharma company for bioconjugation.

Honeywell’s project team has remotely and efficiently migrated Richter Gedeon’s process control system with limited onsite staffing and resources.

A novel PTA technology captures more than 95% of the genomes of single cells, providing more uniform, accurate, and reproducible single-cell analysis data.

The collaboration addresses the need for risk mitigation plans in cell therapies.

Set to be operational by the first quarter of 2022, the 140,000-ft2 facility will feature up to six 2000-L, single-use bioreactor systems along with additional harvest and purification equipment to produce up to 100 commercial batches annually.

The gene therapy increases the ability of retina cells to make a soluble form of CD59, a protein that shields the retina from damage, to prevent additional damage and to preserve vision.

Under the terms of the partnership, Colorcon will work to accelerate i2O’s research and development efforts.

eTheRNA Immunotherapies has entered into a strategic cooperation and product license agreement with China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings to form a new joint venture company, Nanjong AuroRNA Biotech.

The investment will expand and upgrade manufacturing capacity and technology for pre-fillable syringes and will also includes a new manufacturing facility in Europe.

The expansion will include new suites for the development and clinical manufacturing of drug product intermediates and drug products and cGMP suites for early-phase cGMP manufacture.

The added space will house a portion of its PVC, polyurethane, silicone, and additional plastic tubing products, as well as its AdvantaPure products.

Originally announced in March 2020, the acquired facility will be Bora’s first North American manufacturing facility and will serve as its North American headquarters.

The virtual assessments will address problems, issues, and questions customers have about their environments and operations.

The expansion is part of a new expansion initiative aimed at increasing flexibility, efficiency, and cost-effective production.

Behzad Mahdavi, PhD, will join a team of experts in the company’s Science and Technology Group to fast-track the adoption of new development and drug delivery technologies and manufacturing processes and techniques.

Wacker will support production of CureVac’s COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccine candidate at its biotech site in Amsterdam, with production scheduled to start in the first half of 2021.

Dolomite Microfluidics and MilliporeSigma have begun a collaboration to release off-the-shelf microfluidic device kits for the fabrication of PLGA particles.

The new powerful, precise, and compact instrument can be retrofitted for point-of-care clinical testing at urgent care facilities, hospitals, or physicians’ offices.

The expansion of the companies’ partnership will integrate lead optimization efforts to advance cancer immune therapy drug discovery.

The companies have entered into an agreement for the technology transfer and clinical manufacturing of Mustang’s MB-107 lentiviral gene therapy program for the treatment of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, also known as bubble boy disease, in Europe.

The expansion will include a new 25,000-ft2 warehouse, a filling line for flexible plastic containers, a high-speed automated syringe fill line with the ability to fill up to 600 units per minute, and a high-speed automated visual inspection line.

The new super plant, being built in Incheon, South Korea, will have a total biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity of 256,000 L.

The companies have formed a long-term manufacturing agreement to accelerate the global supply for Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody therapeutics.

The agreement follows a recent announcement that Sartorius plans to invest $100 million in Songdo, South Korea’s bio cluster.

The agreement will allow Roche to use CEVEC’s proprietary ELEVECTA technology, which is designed to enable fully scalable, high-performance AAV vector production in suspension bioprocesses.

The partners have established PathoQuest, Inc., a US subsidiary, and will construct an NGS-based testing lab at Charles River’s Wayne, PA, site.

Apiject was approved for a $590-million loan from the US to build in-country capacity for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.