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Sandoz, a Novartis division, is expected to invest at least $400 million to build a new biologics manufacturing facility in Lendava, Slovenia, to support growing demand for biosimilars.

Under a technology licensing agreement with Bhami Research Laboratory, Catalent intends to develop formulations that will allow for the delivery of high-concentration biologics subcutaneously.

The collaboration between Genuv and Celltrion will utilize Genuv's proprietary mouse platform for antibody discovery.

Pfizer will acquire all outstanding shares of Seagen for a total of $43 billion.

27 drugs within Medicare will face penalties for having their prices raised faster than the rate of inflation.

FDA is seeking $7.2 billion to enhance food safety and advance medical product availability.

Sumitovant Bipharma has completed its acquisition of Myovant Sciences for approximately $1.7 billion.

Silicon Valley Bank has collapsed, leaving many biotechnology companies unsure of the future.

Even after an FDA advisory panel voted 14–1 in October 2022 to remove the drug, Makena manufacturer Covis Pharma continued to press for some continued access to the therapy.

Vetter has become a participant of the UN Global Compact Network.

Congressional leaders are investigating how pharmacy benefit managers determine health plan coverage and charges for medicines.

Sotatercept, a drug candidate acquired by Merck in an $11.5 billion acquisition, showed statistically significant improvements in various measures.

Janssen has received a positive opinion from EMA for AKEEGA plus prednisone or prednisolone for the treatment of BRCA1/2 gene-mutated metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer.

Lilly will cap insulin prices for patients with and without insurance at $35 per month.

AstraZeneca has entered into a global exclusive license agreement with KYM Biosciences for CMG901, which is being investigated as a gastric cancer treatment.

Moderna and Merck’s investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by FDA.

WHO is appealing for US $392 million to reach 12.9 million people with essential health assistance in 2023.

Orchard Therapeutics has announced an agreement which will enable reimbursed access to Libmeldy for all eligible MLD patients in Sweden.

Bio-Rad’s newly launched StarBright Blue and StarBright Yellow dyes are intended for use in various flow cytometry applications.

Eurofins Viracor ExPeCT CAR-T qPCR assay is a tool designed for monitoring and optimizating CAR-T therapies.

Moderna will leverage Life Edit’s suite of gene editing technologies to advance development of in vivo gene editing therapies.

Sanofi’s once-weekly replacement therapy is FDA-approved for prevention and treatment of bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia A.

AbbVie and Capsida have expanded their existing collaboration to advance three new gene therapy programs.

The goal of this collaboration is to develop an approach to personalized radiotherapy and drug discovery that is based in genomics and artificial intelligence.

GAO calls for more oversight of institutional review boards in clinical trials.

Agilent’s therapeutic nucleic acids facility gains architectural design support from CRB.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Syfovre is a pegcetacoplan injection intended for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration.

LIfT and Minaris will work together to develop a manufacturing process for LIfT’s allogeneic neutrophil progenitor cell therapy.