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The companies will develop a software-connected pipetting system for improved reproducibility and traceability in life-science laboratories.

PCI Pharma Services expanded capacity of its commercial packaging site in Illinois.

The company will open its first European manufacturing facility in Castlebar, Ireland.

A solid lipid excipient from ABITEC is designed for multiple dosing forms.

TrakCel and WindMIL Therapeutics have formed a partnership to build a custom-configured cellular supply chain tracking and orchestration platform.

Sphere Fluidics has closed its latest investment round in which it raised US$2 million (approximately £1.5 million).

The acquisition will boost Hitachi Chemical’s presence in the European regenerative medicines market.

Formulatrix’s FLO i8 and Flow Axial Seal Tip liquid handlers offer automated transferring.

CDMO leader Marc Funk will succeed Ridinger as CEO of Lonza.

Parker Bioscience Filtration added a cleanroom at its site in Birtley, UK for manufacturing single-use assemblies and sensors used in biopharmaceutical processing.

Horizon and Rutgers University will partner to develop and commercialize new gene editing technology for therapeutic and research applications.

TC BioPharm (TCB), developer of CAR-T immuno-oncology products, has completed its first allogenic Gamma Delta T (GDT) cell banks.

Full commercial launch of the drug is underway in the United States, with Europe to follow.

G-CON will provide a complete cleanroom infrastructure for GE Healthcare’s cell therapy and viral vector production platforms that will simplify early-stage manufacturing efforts.

Lonza’s PyroTec PRO system combines robotic liquid-handling technology with an automation software module.

The company has built a fit-for-purpose liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) system to streamline analytical monitoring tests for biopharmaceuticals.

The companies will embark on a multi-year research collaboration to develop in-vivo delivery modalities for CRISPR/Cas9 by leveraging ProBioGen’s existing technology and expertise.

MilliporeSigma’s use of modified amino acids can simplify the fed-batch process in biomanufacturing.

Taconic Biosciences, a provider of genetically engineered rodent model solutions, sent mice into space to advance research on new therapies for aging-related disease processes.

Solentim and ATUM have announced a technology collaboration agreement that will focus on the creation of an efficient cell line development solution for biotherapeutic drug developers.

Univercells, a business-to-business provider focused on biologics, has commercially launched its proprietary bioproduction system, NevoLine.

Cell and gene therapy platform company, Locate Bio, has announced that it is set to receive key patents for its IntraStem technology covering the United States and Europe

A strategic collaboration has been formed between 4D pharma and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The company is set to expand biologics and fill/finish capacity at its biologics manufacturing sites in Madison, WI, and Bloomington, IN.

The companies will collaborate to improve the manufacturability for two of Sanofi’s biotherapeutics.

Agenus will leverage Selexis’ SUREtechnology Platform to progress Agenus’ portfolio of next-generation antibody programs.

Fujifilm increases capacity of its Bio-CDMO business with an expansion of production in North Carolina.

The companies entered a license agreement for the Trianni Mouse, a transgenic mouse R&D platform for the discovery of fully-human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), to support MacroGenics’ discovery programs for mAb-based therapeutics.

A new plasma B cell antibody discovery workflow launched by Berkeley Lights enables the shortening of antibody drug discovery from month to a day.

The new reagents are designed to support clinical-phase and commercialization stages of cell and gene therapy production and to enhance DNA transfection.