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Difficult to Swallow? ABPI Requests Temporary Ban on Drug Exports Amid Fears of a ‘No-Deal’ Brexit
ABPI has asked for a temporary ban to be put in place on drug exports by wholesalers to protect the National Health Service (NHS) from potential shortages in a ‘no-deal’ Brexit scenario.
CRO and Cancer Center Sign Strategic Collaboration Agreement
XenTech and the Gustave Roussy Cancer Center have signed a strategic collaboration agreement aimed at the development of a collection of tumor explant models from patients with acquired resistance to targeted therapies.
NJII and Pall Partner on Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Development
NJII and Pall collaborate to address biomanufacturing technology and workforce development challenges.
GE Healthcare and Rockwell Automation Collaborate on Bioprocessing Automation
The GE Healthcare and Rockwell Automation collaboration will help meet the needs of the biopharma 4.0 era.
Lonza Strengthens Cell Capabilities
The company has launched a comprehensive portfolio of custom cell biology solutions and a new cell-line engineering technology.
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Concerto HealthAI Partner on Cancer Drug Development
The collaboration will apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to the development of drugs for treating a range of cancers.
Clinical Water Purification System Gets Digital Update
MilliporeSigma added a new cloud-based, remote lab water service and monitoring capability to its Milli-Q CLX 7000 clinical water purification system.
Valitacell, Solentim Funded for Biologics and Cell Therapy Development
Valitacell, Solentim, and Microcoat were awarded EUR 3.5 million (US$4 million) to produce an integrated platform to deposit, culture, profile, and select optimal cells for biologic drug manufacturing.
Lilly and ImmuNext Announce Licensing and Research Collaboration
Worth up to $605 million, the collaboration will focus on studying a preclinical novel target that could lead to potential new treatments for autoimmune diseases.
FDA Gives Guidance on Pediatric Information in Labeling
The agency published guidance on how to determine the placement and content of pediatric information in the labeling of drugs and biologics.
EMA Answers Brexit Questions
The agency has published a Q&A document to answer questions about what EMA is doing to prevent medicine shortages during Brexit.
Dual Impeller Single-Use Bioreactor
Distek, a provider of laboratory testing instruments, added a dual impeller single-use bioreactor (SUB) system to its BIOne portfolio.
MaSTherCell Announces New Commercial Manufacturing Facility for Cell and Gene Therapies
Belgium-based CDMO MaSTherCell will expand its European manufacturing capacity for cell and gene therapy products by setting up a new facility in Belgium.
Continuous Peptide Manufacturing Process is a New Alternative to Batch Manufacturing
A continuous peptide manufacturing process invented by Swedish Biomimetics 3000 Ltd is a platform technology also applicable to other solid-phase chemical processes, such as chromatography.
Waters Showcases New TA Innovations and Biopharma System at Pittcon 2019
Waters debuted a range of new TA Instruments innovations and the BioAccord System at Pittcon 2019 in Philadelphia, PA, on March 17–21, 2019.
Web-based Application Automates HT Experimentation at Pittcon 2019
Katalyst D2D from ACD/Labs enables the design, planning, execution, and analysis of high throughput (HT) experiments. The web-based application was introduced at Pittcon 2019 in Philadelphia, PA.
FDA Provides Guidance on Natural History Studies for Rare Disease Treatment
The guidance provides industry with information on the design and implementation of natural history studies to support the development of treatments for rare diseases.
Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Brammer Bio
A $1.7-billion acquisition CDMO Brammer Bio establishes Thermo Fisher Scientific in viral vector manufacturing.
French Biotech Signs License Agreement with LG Chem for Lung Cancer Vaccine
PDC*line Pharma has entered into a licensing agreement with LG Chem to develop a lung cancer vaccine in Asia.
Mogrify Receives Thousands in Funding from Innovate UK to Progress Regenerative Cell Therapies
Cell Mogrify (Mogrify), has been granted funding by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, to accelerate regenerative cell therapies.
Merck KGaA Opens Development Center in France and Invests in Darmstadt Headquarters
Merck KGaA opened a collaborative bio/pharma development facility in Molsheim, France and announced an investment plan through 2025 for its Darmstadt, Germany headquarters.
FDA Issues Guidance on HIV-1 PrEP Products
The guidance provides nonclinical and clinical recommendations to sponsors for the development of products for the prevention of HIV-1 infection.
Bruker Highlights New Analytical Systems and Applied Market Solutions at Pittcon 2019
Bruker highlighted new analytical systems for several industry applications, including pharma, materials science, and clinical/preclinical research.
Lonza, Sheba to Collaborate on Automated Cell-Therapy Manufacturing
The companies aim to assess automated CAR-T cell therapy manufacturing at the point-of-care and develop technologies to facilitate patient access to immunotherapies.
Alcami Announces Biologics Enterprise
Alcami Biologics formed to meet market demands for biological drug development services.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Adds Aseptic Capacity
The Pharma Services business of Thermo Fisher Scientific will invest $150 Million at three facilities.
Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services Expands Services
A $100-million investment will expand a range of the CDMO’s service capabilities and offerings.
Scientists Discover Common Blueprint for Protein Antibiotics
Findings from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute could enable a new generation of anti-infectives.
Novartis Changes Sandoz Leadership, Sandoz CEO Steps Down
Richard Francis will step down as CEO of Sandoz, effective March 31, 2019.
Ono Pharmaceutical, twoXAR Collaborate on Drug Discovery Research
The companies announced a collaboration to jointly discover and develop treatments to address unmet medical needs in a specific neurological disease.