Contract Manufacturing, Drug Substance, API

Agilent’s $725 million investment is designed to double its capacity to produce APIs.

Following the acquisition by Altaris Capital Partners, Johnson Matthey Health has rebranded as Veranova.

Lonza and Israel Biotech Fund form a two-year agreement to support accelerated development and manufacture of biologics and small molecules.

Piramal Pharma Solutions plans to construct a multipurpose ADC manufacturing and aseptic fill/finish facility in Grangemouth, Scotland, and to upgrades its existing API manufacturing facility in Morpeth, England.

Lonza has signed a five-year services agreement to provide for the development and manufacturing of biologics and small molecules for portfolio companies owned by Bioqube Ventures.

Samsung Biologics, GreenLight Biosciences, and Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. have partnered to advance GreenLight’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Spectrum Chemical scientists give a shout-out to 10 chemicals impacting quality of life in conjunction with National Chemistry Week.

Quotient Sciences is investing £6.3 million ($8.68 million) into their drug substance manufacturing capabilities.

Biotage’s new facility in Cardiff, UK, will produce lipids using large-scale flash purification.

CDMO Yposkesi will increase its current gene therapy vector capacity through French government’s “Plan de Relance” scheme.

Through the acquisition, Aceto can now offer its customers support throughout the drug development process and access to North American manufacturing for APIs and advanced intermediates.

The companies are expanding their collaboration to extend the drug substance manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine with the addition of a new manufacturing line at Lonza’s Geleen, Netherlands, site.

Expected to be completed by 2022, the new addition is part of the Samsung Biologics’ long-term strategy to become a fully integrated global biopharmaceutical company.

Moderna’s investments will double the formulation fill/finish and drug substance manufacturing of its vaccine to up to three billion doses in 2022 at various manufacturing sites.

Catalent’s new mammalian cell culture suites in Madison, Wis. use single-use bioreactor systems for CGMP clinical and commercial manufacturing.

The acquisition will integrate drug substance, drug product, and clinical testing capabilities under Quotient.

Agreements with the PolyPeptide Group and AGC Biologics will scale up production of the Novavax Matrix-M adjuvant.

Technology and capacity investments create opportunities in the cell and gene therapy arena for CDMOs and biopharma alike.

CDMOs and CMOs will continue to invest in biopharmaceutical services and facilities as the bio/pharmaceutical industry looks to biosimilars and personalized medicine.

Successful process intensification with inline dilution requires effective monitoring and control.

The company has expanded its high-potency API capability at its Riverview, MI, facility to serve the growing antibody drug conjugates market.

CDMO iBio introduced cGMP sterile fill/finish services at its facility in Texas.

The acquisition of GlaxoSmithKline’s manufacturing site in Cork, Ireland, will expand Thermo Fisher Scientific’s global footprint for complex API manufacturing.

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