Supplier News

Siemens will become a preferred supplier for Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s automation solutions, and SSB will create a globally standardized automation platform for its biopharmaceutical manufacturing systems.

MilliporeSigma targets emerging biotechs with US development center and global grants.

The company will provide the first FlexFactory manufacturing platform for cell therapy manufacturing.

Vetter anounced the Open Innovation Challenge to examine the applicability of digital trends to injection systems.

Lonza has added four liver cell types to its hepatocytes portfolio for testing of in vitro drug models.

TxCell announces manufacturing agreement with Lonza for its HLA-A2 CAR-Treg cellular product.

Catalent’s GPEx technology was used to develop antibody for anti-methamphetamine clinical study.

Madison Dearborn Partners will acquire a majority ownership position in CDMO Alcami.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies opens Cambridge, MA center to promote collaboration with biotech companies.

Mettler Toledo and SOTAX partnered to develop a new dissolution solution system line for R&D and quality control laboratory processes.

Rentschler Fill Solutions and Ultragenyx announce fill and finish agreement for the US commercial supply of Mepsevii.

GE Healthcare and the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) will support scale-up efforts by DiscGenics for a new cell therapy intended to treat back pain.

This marks the third FDA approval for the company’s second biomanufacturing plant in Incheon, Korea.

In adding a Vanrx Pharmasystems aseptic filling isolator, FUJIFILM adds fill/finish for gene therapies and viral vaccines.

The company has leased and purchased facilities in the United States and Europe to expand its cell therapy pipeline.

Parker Bioscience will expand laboratory, cleanroom, office, and warehouse facilities at its Birtley, UK manufacturing site.

The second phase of a $5.5-million expansion adds controlled-substance and controlled-temperature storage to Catalent clinical trials facility.

The acquisition is expected to strengthen Novartis’ gene therapy pipeline.

The company is increasing its cell culture media production capacity at its facilities in Pasching, Austria, and Logan, Utah.

Valerius Biopharma will use Catalent’s GPEx technology to produce cell lines for biosimilar drugs.

The companies have extended a contract agreement for the commercial manufacture of the active pharmaceutical ingredient for vonapanitase, an investigational drug intended to improve hemodialysis vascular access outcomes.

InstantGMP INV is a validated software for real-time material tracking and inventory control in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

The companies expanded their partnership to develop and commercialize messenger RNA (mRNA) cancer vaccines to include shared-antigen mRNA cancer vaccines such as mRNA-5671.

Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Biotech will acquire biotechnology company BeneVir Biopharm to strengthen Janssen’s immunotherapy platform.

Lonza announces addition of mid-scale biologics manufacturing capacity and cell-therapy suites at Portsmouth, NH site.

GE Healthcare’s new Sefia S-2000 cell processing system allows operators to conduct multiple cell therapy manufacturing steps with one instrument.

The company has begun expansion efforts for its process-development capabilities and laboratory infrastructure.

The company will invest EUR 325 million (US$389 million) in a new biomanufacturing facility in Ireland using single-use bioreactors.