Contract Manufacturing, Biopharmaceutical Production

A $100-million investment will expand a range of the CDMO’s service capabilities and offerings.

The acquisition of the site in Copenhagen, Denmark, will significantly expand Fujifilm’s capacity and capabilities.

Technology vendors are strengthening their positions in China as the nation emphasizes self-sufficiency in research, development, and manufacturing.

A look at recent investments by contract manufacturers to increase single-use bioreactor capacity.

The acquisition will boost Hitachi Chemical’s presence in the European regenerative medicines market.

Suppliers address the complexity of supplying disposable components for single-use systems to the global biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

Single-use components for biopharmaceutical manufacturing have a lower environmental impact than reusable components, but disposal is still a consideration.

Full commercial launch of the drug is underway in the United States, with Europe to follow.

The company is set to expand biologics and fill/finish capacity at its biologics manufacturing sites in Madison, WI, and Bloomington, IN.

Fujifilm increases capacity of its Bio-CDMO business with an expansion of production in North Carolina.

The partnership provides Sarepta with capacity and manufacturing slots for GMP-grade plasmid production for its micro-dystrophin Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy program, as well as plasmid capacity for future gene therapy programs.

The Massachusetts site, formerly associated with an affiliate of Shire, is Rentschler Biopharma’s first facility in the US.

The company has brought a second stream of high-throughput GMP peptide manufacturing online.

ADC Biotechnology will invest downstream formulation, fill/finish capabilities, and Lock-Release conjugation technology.

Experts believe that the contract development and manufacturing organization market will reach $17.38 billion by 2022, with disruptive business models using Industrial Internet of Things (IIot) and single-use technologies proving more profitable and efficient in the long term.

The company has rolled out the first batch of TRACON Pharmaceutical’s lead product candidate from its Singapore-based single-use bioreactor.

The expansion adds new capabilities and enhances existing service offerings for both oral and parenteral dosage forms.

Bioprocessing and manufacturing events bioLIVE and BioProduction Congress will take place as one event adjacent to CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 5–7, 2019.

The growth in adoption of single-use systems for commercial manufacturing will be dramatic in coming years.

A project funded by BioProNET will investigate optimization for bioprocessing of gene therapy vectors using hydrodynamic fluid flow fields.

According to CPhI’s annual report, the therapeutic antibody drug conjugates (ADC) market is expected to reach $4 billion by 2023.

The new facility will include comprehensive mammalian process development and manufacturing capabilities.

The maturation of single-use technologies presents commercial bioprocessing options for small-volume drug products.

Automation can improve many aspects of bioprocessing, but several hurdles must be overcome before the full range of benefits can be realized.

The company is certified as a manufacturer of pressure vessels and components for use in China.

Drug product approval from FDA follows previous approvals from European and Japanese authorities.

CELLforCURE will produce cancer CAR-T treatments for Novartis at a manufacturing facility in Les Ulis (Essonne), France.

This article highlights 15 years of changes in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

The contract development and manufacturing company has received an additional approval from Health Canada to manufacture monoclonal antibody drug substance at its first plant in Icheon, South Korea.

Rentschler Fill Solutions and Ultragenyx announce fill and finish agreement for the US commercial supply of Mepsevii.