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Through the collaboration, Merck will use Mestag’s proprietary RAFT platform to investigate the pathogenic role that fibroblasts play in inflammatory diseases.

The establishment of this new center aims to expedite R&D processes, reduce costs, and potentially lead to accelerated discovery of new candidate therapies.

The new center's design will prioritize integration of the entire supply chain, with the aim of accelerating product development and autonomous production capacity in alignment with EU priorities.

SK pharmteco will be the preferred manufacturing partner for AVG-101, AaviGen’s lead gene therapy product.

Evonik's plant-based squalene, PhytoSquene, used in parenteral drug delivery applications, won the CPHI Excellence in Pharma Award in the “Sustainability” category.

The draft joint network strategy for the EU until 2028 will be open for public consultation until Nov. 30, 2024.

This year's CPHI award winners emphasize achievements in pharma excellence.

Thermo Fisher Scientific's launch of its Accelerator Drug Development follows expansions of sites in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Bend, Ore., earlier in 2024 to enable R&D, manufacturing, and testing.

The annual survey predicts that four of the five biggest biologics capacity holders in 2028 will comprise CMOs, which will control 45% of all CMO capacity in Asia.

The agency is working with the European medicines regulatory network to improve the assessment and approval process for new medications.

This Behind the Headlines news roundup panel discussion on recent news items includes updates regarding sickle cell therapies (e.g,, Pfizer’s withdrawal of Oxbryta and Vertex’s choosing of Lonza as the commercial manufacturer of Casgevy); Emergent BioSolutions $400 million BARDA contract for an mpox vaccine; and the first in a generation novel schizophrenia drug, Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride). The panel also examines investment revival with ARCH Ventures $3 billion biotech fund raise and the $3.6 billion for Flagship Pioneering. Rounding things out is a discussion on COVID-19-associated childhood myopia and patent thickets artificially keep the price of drugs high.

SGD Pharma plans to showcase its siliconized molded glass vials at CPHI Milan as part of its range of sustainable products and services.

Results from the CPHI annual survey show that 49% of industry respondents are “highly positive” on the contract services sector seeing growth over the next 18 months.

FDA’s Darby Kozak provided commentary on the anniversary of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984.

The two companies are partnering to provide logistics and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharma companies.

Under the long-term supply agreement, Lonza will manufacture CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel) for Vertex at its facility in Geleen, the Netherlands, and plans to expand manufacturing to Portsmouth, NH, in the United States.

The next-generation IRO platform was found to significantly outperform the legacy Prodigy system, showing improvements in cell growth, CAR+ cell yield, and overall efficiency.

Approvals were recommended for treatments of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, bleeding disorders, respiratory disease, and more.

The agency is recommending the extension of the smallpox and mpox vaccine, Imvanex, to adolescents aged 12 to 17.

By approving EBGLYSS (lebrikizumab-lbkz), FDA has made available a new biologic treatment for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis that is not well controlled with topical treatments.

Ecolab's Hayley Crowe, executive vice-president and general manager Global Life Sciences sat down at BIO 2024 to discuss technology innovations and how they have enhanced downstream bioprocessing.

Vectura’s expertise in the field includes formulation and device development for dry powder inhalers and pressurized metered dose inhalers, among other products and services.

Lilly has increased its manufacturing investment for biologics in Limerick, Ireland, by $1 billion while launching its new $800 million facility in Kinsale.

Novo Nordisk will use Korro Bio’s OPERA platform to develop RNA editing candidates for two targets to treat cardiometabolic diseases.

The critical APIs that this funding will contribute to are used in the treatment of asthma, diabetes, and anxiety disorders.

During a presentation at the PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference, Nicholas Violand of Johnson & Johnson and Paul Palmer of Paul R. Palmer Limited discussed how aging facilities can impact the quality of pharmaceutical products.

The new Vivaflow SU tangential flow filtration cassette is designed to be more flexible and user-friendly and offers enhanced ultrafiltration and diafiltration efficiency.

The finalists for the 2024 CPHI Pharma Awards are spread across 14 categories, which include future leaders, women of the year, and an “at the heart of pharma” category.