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Biotage Expands Lipid Capacity with New Facility
Biotage’s new facility in Cardiff, UK, will produce lipids using large-scale flash purification.
FDA Solicits Comments on Drug Products Approved Ahead of Hatch-Waxman Amendments
FDA has opened a public docket soliciting feedback on the regulation process surrounding PANDAs.
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies and PhotonPharma to Develop Cancer Immunotherapy
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies and PhotonPharma announced a collaboration to develop a novel tumor-specific immunotherapy for solid tumors.
Precision NanoSystems Expands GMP Biomanufacturing Center
PNI expands global headquarters with a new 75,000-square-foot facility, which will include multiple GMP suites for manufacturing RNA therapeutics and vaccines.
Google and Lumen Bioscience Apply Machine Learning to the Manufacture of Spirulina-Based Biologic Drugs
The companies announce the results of a research collaboration that applied machine learning to significantly advance the scalability of spirulina-based biologic drugs.
Rentschler Biopharma to Begin Construction of New Multi-Product Commercial Manufacturing Facility
Rentschler Biopharma has broken ground nearby its Milford, Mass., site where it will build its new multi-product manufacturing facility for commercial production of complex molecules.
Lykan Bioscience and Vineti Partner to Advance Cell Therapies from Clinic to Commercialization
Lykan Bioscience and Vineti will combine their capabilities to streamline process development and manufacturing to move cell therapies through clinical phases to commercialization.
FDA Authorizes Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Certain Individuals
The agency has amended the emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to allow certain immunocompromised people to receive an additional dose of the vaccine.
Recro Acquires IRISYS for $50 Million
Recro acquires CDMO IRISYS, establishing a bi-coastal presence in the US.
Biden Highlights Drug Pricing Reforms to Advance Legislative Agenda
The President calls for granting Medicare authority to negotiate drug prices and penalties for pharma companies that raise prices faster than inflation.
KGI Team Adapts Vaccine Development Work to Address COVID-19
A research team at the Keck Graduate Institute will work to adapt its decade-long low-cost vaccine R&D for developing countries into a COVID-19 vaccine.
Aldevron and Ginkgo Bioworks Collaboration Yields mRNA Manufacturing Enhancement
A collaboration between Aldevron and Ginkgo Bioworks has resulted in a manufacturing enhancement that can improve production of an enzyme used for mRNA therapeutics.
FDA Grants Fast-Track Designation to Pfizer and Vivet Therapeutics for Treatment of Wilson Disease
FDA has awarded Fast Track designation to Vivet Therapeutics’ novel gene therapy, VTX-801.
Veraxa and Indivumed Collaborate on Development of Precision Oncology Antibody Drugs
Veraxa and Indivumed will work together to develop colorectal antibody drugs.
Lonza and Sheba Medical Center Demonstrate Successful Cell Therapy Results with Cocoon Automated Platform
Lonza and Sheba Medical Center have successfully dosed four patients with a CD19 autologous CAR-T cell therapy using Lonza’s Cocoon automated manufacturing platform.
Moderna Plans to Build mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Facility in Canada
Moderna will build an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Canada to provide access to domestically manufactured vaccines against respiratory viruses.
Evotec Opens Integrated Biologics Manufacturing Facility
The Just - Evotec Biologics facility in Redmond, Wash., uses the company’s J.POD technology.
European Commission Approves AstraZeneca’s Forxiga for Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease
The EC has approved the drug in the EU for treatment of chronic kidney disease in adults with or without type-2 diabetes.
Nobelpharma Signs License Agreement for ProBioGen’s Vaccine Manufacturing Platform
Nobelpharma has come to terms on an agreement to use ProBioGen’s vaccine manufacturing platform AGE1.CR.plX.
GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex Approved by MHRA for Seizure Treatment
The MHRA has approved GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex for the treatment of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex.
Packaging Components for Parenteral Drug Development
Datwyler offers the StarterPack packaging system designed to aid in the development of parenteral drug packaging.
EMA Endorses Track-and-Trace Recommendations
The agency is endorsing recommendations for global track-and-trace systems developed by the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities.
EMA’s PRAC Requests Additional Data on Guillain-Barré Syndrome in COVID-19 Vaccine
EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee has requested more data for its evaluation of reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome after vaccination.
EMA Recommends Including Adverse Reaction Warning to Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine
The agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee recommended updating the product information for Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine to list immune thrombocytopenia as an adverse reaction.
Emergent Approved to Export Vaccines in Latest COVID-19 Update
Emergent BioSolutions has been granted approval from FDA to ship certain lots of their AstraZeneca vaccine.
FDA Approves New Treatment for Pompe Disease
FDA has approved the intravenous medication Nexviazyme for treatment of Pompe Disease.
AGC Biologics Acquires Cell and Gene Therapy Commercial Manufacturing Facility
AGC Biologics has acquired Novartis’ Longmont, Colorado, manufacturing facility for the commercial production of cell and gene therapies.
FDA Issues NIR Guidance
The guidance aids in the development, validation, and use of near infrared-based analytical procedures.
Novavax and European Commission Finalize COVID-19 Vaccine Purchase Agreement
Novavax and European Commission have finalized an agreement to purchase up to 200 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
BeiGene to Build New Manufacturing and Clinical R&D Facility in New Jersey
BeiGene plans to build a new campus for R&D and commercial-scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing in Hopewell, NJ.