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Aastrom acquires Sanofi's CTRM business unit for $6.5 million.

Repligen acquired Refine Technology and its Alternating Tangential Flow system for continuous bioprocessing.

FDA launches openFDA to provide easy access to FDA public data.

Alexion initiates a voluntary nationwide recall of certain lots of soliris (eculizumab) concentrated solution for intravenous infusion because of visible particulate matter in a single lot.

Researchers from Harvard have reproduced the structure, functions, and cellular make-up of bone marrow, to create a device known as bone marrow-on- a-chip.

Johns Hopkins researchers use stem cells derived from human body fat to deliver treatment for brain tumors.

NIH study reveals a new cancer immunotherapy method could be effective against a range of cancers.

FDA finalizes guidance on expedited programs for new drug approvals for treatment of serious and life-threatening conditions.

PacificGMP doubles its GMP production capacity with the addition of a second System 1000 Bioreactor platform.

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced collaborations with CytomX on probodies and with Incyte in an immunotherapy clinical trial.

GSK selects Genedata Biologics as an R&D data management and workflow-support platform.

The companies aim to discover and develop kinase inhibitors for treating autoimmune disorders.

Rockland Immunochemicals develops new laboratories in Limerick, PA.

The 11th Annual Global Biomanufacturing Study includes a global analysis of 238 biomanufacturers and 178 suppliers in 31 countries.

FDA targets illegal online pharmacies that sell unapproved prescription drugs to US consumers.

EMD Millipore expands its Provantage upstream bioproduction services into North America.

Cytovance Biologics and Selexys Pharmaceuticals enter an agreement for development of clinical trial materials.

Kymab receives $40 million investment for clinical development of antibody therapeutics.

Merck KGaA fill-finish expansion in Italy will be completed in 2017.

SAFC offers commercial and pilot-scale continuous-flow capacity.

DA approves Entyvio, an injection to treat adult patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

FDA issues complete response letter for Novartis' RLX030 for acute heart failure.

Meissner moves into its new headquarters in Camarillo, California.

SGS makes two senior appointments at its new GMP/GLP laboratory in Carson, California.

AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer's final offer of $118 billion for a proposed merger of the two companies.

Advanced Scientifics and Chemic Laboratories enter a three-year joint cooperation agreement to collaborate on product development projects.

New manufacturing capacity at the Le Mans, France facility is being used to scale up antibody drug conjugates.

AstraZeneca will collaborate with the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology to fund a range of pre-clinical research projects.