Supplier News

Biopharm industry veteran Ralf Otto named to lead development and manufacturing at Rentschler Biopharma.

The new Acquity Arc Bio System by Waters is specifically engineered to enable efficient transfer and improvement of bioseparation analytical methods.

A manufacturing disruption has led to an EpiPen shortage in Canada, which currently has no alternative auto-injectors available on the market.

The companies will be integrated to form the newly-branded AGC Biologics, which will specialize in customized contract development and manufacturing organization services for the scale-up and cGMP manufacture of protein-based therapeutics.

The contract development and manufacturing organization has invested £30-million (US$42 million) at its Dundalk, Ireland site to offer expanded clinical trial services.

The company relocated its headquarters to Riverview, Florida.

Meissner Filtration Products has acquired PDC Aseptic Filling Systems, a supplier of aseptic filling systems and sealers, to expand Meissner's automated platform offerings.

Corning will feature its 3D bioprinting technology and tools to support 3D cell culture at booth #1029 during the SLAS 2018 conference on Feb. 3-7, 2018 in San Diego, CA.

The Fluent Gx Automation Workstation from Tecan is suited for a variety of clinical and regulated laboratory applications.

Comecar will provide cell culture equipment for biopharmaceutical company CO.DON AG's new production site in Leipzig, Germany.

KBI Biopharma's acquisition of Elion Labs expands KBI's biophysical and analytical characterization capabilities.

The company will invest $139 million in sterile manufacturing technology at its facility in Ballytivnan, Sligo, Ireland to support the growth of its oncology pipeline.

Paragon Bioservices will build a new cGMP facility in Maryland and expand its existing cGMP facility at the University of Maryland's BioPark.

Clover Biopharmaceuticals will use GE's FlexFactory biomanufacturing platform with single-use bioreactors to produce innovative and biosimilar fusion protein products in China.

1CryoBio’s Flexiquot technology allows for the deep-freeze storage and handling of multiple aliquots in a single tube, winning it the CPhI Pharma Award 2017 for Excellence in Pharma: Analysis, Testing, and Quality Control.

Lonza Pharma & Biotech's's Modular Automated Sampling Technology (MAST) platform, which allows for the collection of up to 10 sterile sample sources for automated analysis in multiple analytical devices, won the CPhI Pharma Award 2017 for Excellence in Pharma: Bioprocessing.

GE Healthcare will equip Cellular Biomedicine Group's cell therapy manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, with its FlexFactory single-use platform, designed to speed up cell therapy manufacturing timelines.

The NGC Fraction Collector from Bio-Rad Laboratories allows researchers to choose how to collect and when to access their fractions for analytical or preparative chromatography applications.

Researchers at Purdue University and and industry experts have partnered up at the Advanced Lyophilization Technology Hub to optimize the 70-year-old freeze-drying process.

The acquisition strengthens Charles River Laboratories’ capabilities in the oncology and immunology therapeutic areas.

Automated Control Concepts has launched Lab Owl bioreactor control system for labs using cell culture and fermentation applications.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech will equip Abzena’s contract development and manufacturing facilities in Bristol, PA, and San Diego, CA, with single-use equipment and scale-up technologies.

Pharma Team Up has launched Poseidon, an integrated ocean freight program, to address the disconnect between pharma companies and their logistics providers.

AptarGroup’s Landfill Free Certification program addresses the issue of waste production from pharmaceutical manufacturing processes by prompting its facilities to reduce and reuse operation waste.

The companies will collaborate on the development of vaccines to expand GeoVax’s cancer immunotherapy program.

The contract manufacturing company has completed construction on a new aseptic fill/finish facility in Wuxi, China.

The companies have entered an agreement involving assay development and the manufacturing of kits supporting biomarker research programs.

The biotechnology company has filed for FDA approval of a new plasma manufacturing facility in Covington, GA, to support its immunology franchise.