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The CGMP manufacturing agreement will expand production of lenzilumab, a candidate for COVID-19 therapy, to support a potential emergency use authorization filing.

Viewpoint: Mike Hennessy, Sr., founder and chairman of MJH Life Sciences, commends the leadership of the pharmaceutical industry in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although a necessity, companies must strike a critical balance between protecting innovations with IP and providing affordable access to medicines.

Nexelis’ recent acquisition of GSK’s Marburg, Germany-based vaccines clinical bioanalytical laboratory expands its bioanalytical capabilities.

This new agreement covers 1.25 million additional doses of the antibody cocktail containing casirivimab and imdevimab for the treatment of COVID-19.

The collaboration will focus on up to three types of lung and gastrointestinal cancers.

The first four investments of the new program will support clinical-stage biotechnology companies while new investments will include companies focused on oncology, rare disease, and inflammation and immunology.

The acquisition significantly expands Precision Medicine Group’s cell and gene therapy expertise.

Intravacc and Cristal Therapeutics have entered into a strategic collaboration for the development of novel vaccine programs against human diseases.

Vendors are finding ways to address the increasingly complex analytical challenges in the biopharmaceutical industry to further biotherapeutic development.

Demand for specific advanced laboratory skills creates a positive employment market.

After a hectic 2020, biopharma looks to deliver on COVID-19 vaccines and move other promising therapies forward.

Essential bio/pharma employees show hard work and dedication can pay off, for patients.

Shutting down the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global, selfless effort.

With the acquisition, Evonik will expand its life science division and its portfolio of functional excipients and biomaterials.

The company is investing in expansion at four sites in the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy, which will include construction of new facilities and addition of sterile and lyophilized filling lines.

The collaboration includes the development, commercialization, and supply of Orgenesis’ pipeline in South Korea and Japan and the development and commercialization of Cure Therapeutics’ pipeline on a global basis.

New data from CGT Catapult has demonstrated progression by the industry toward commercialization of therapies and an increase in GMP manufacturing space.

The collaboration addresses the need for risk mitigation plans in cell therapies.

eTheRNA Immunotherapies has entered into a strategic cooperation and product license agreement with China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings to form a new joint venture company, Nanjong AuroRNA Biotech.

The grant will support the advancement of glycoengineering technology for plant-derived proteins developed by a University of Alberta scientist partnered with PlantForm.

Wacker will support production of CureVac’s COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccine candidate at its biotech site in Amsterdam, with production scheduled to start in the first half of 2021.

The new super plant, being built in Incheon, South Korea, will have a total biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity of 256,000 L.

The agreement follows a recent announcement that Sartorius plans to invest $100 million in Songdo, South Korea’s bio cluster.

The Trump administration unveiled a new drug price control policy, drawing opposition from pharma manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers.

Bone Therapeutics has reported the completion of Catalent’s acquisition of Skeletal Cell Therapy Support SA (SCTS)—Bone Therapeutics’ cell therapy manufacturing subsidiary.

PhoreMost and Oxford Biomedica have entered into a discovery collaboration for the development of next-generation chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies.

Opposition to IP protection for COVID-19 vaccines, therapies, tests and other technologies may only prevent eradication and treatment of the disease.

The agreement will provide capacity for the manufacturing of AZD7442, currently being developed for the potential prevention and treatment of COVID-19, at Lonza's Portsmouth, NH site.

NanoMab Technology has signed heads of terms with a supplier of Tungsten-188/Rhenium-188 generators, OncoBeta.