Deals, Development and Manufacturing

The pharma major will spin out six molecules in early stage inflammation and autoimmune programs into a new company called Viela Bio.

The contract development and manufacturing organization has entered it first manufacturing contract worth $148 million for its recently completed Plant 3 facility.

The new training center, the Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing, will prepare engineering students and industry professionals for the field of biologics manufacturing.

Avid Bioservices will provide commercial manufacture of an enzyme replacement therapy by Roivant Sciences' Enzyvant subsidiary.

The companies have partnered to develop and commercialize vectorized antibodies against tau for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

The company has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed partner to support the development and manufacture of a new biomanufacturing cell line.

The companies have been awarded a collaborative grant of £1.9 million (US$2.6 million) from Innovate UK.

The companies will partner to further immuno-oncology research using humanized mice.

Through its Janssen pharmaceutical companies, Johnson & Johnson, has partnered with Theravance to develop and commercialize a therapeutic for inflammatory bowel diseases.

Amgen plans to invest approximately $300 million in a new biomanufacturing plant in the United States.

Shire will receive exclusive license to develop and commercialize AB Biosciences' pan receptor interacting molecule program for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

The acquisition will strengthen Sanofi's R&D strategy and expands its franchise for rare blood disorders.

The companies will be integrated to form the newly-branded AGC Biologics, which will specialize in customized contract development and manufacturing organization services for the scale-up and cGMP manufacture of protein-based therapeutics.

Meissner Filtration Products has acquired PDC Aseptic Filling Systems, a supplier of aseptic filling systems and sealers, to expand Meissner's automated platform offerings.

The acquisition would boost Sanofi's position in hematology and specialty medicines.

The acquisition builds on the companies' earlier collaboration to develop T-cell-based therapeutics.

Frustrated with chronic shortages and high costs, hospitals form their own generic drug company.

GE Healthcare will equip Cellular Biomedicine Group's cell therapy manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, with its FlexFactory single-use platform, designed to speed up cell therapy manufacturing timelines.

The acquisition strengthens Charles River Laboratories’ capabilities in the oncology and immunology therapeutic areas.

The acquisition, valued at EUR 520 million (US$631 million), would expand Takeda’s late-stage pipeline in gastroenterology and would extend an already existing collaboration between the two companies.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech will equip Abzena’s contract development and manufacturing facilities in Bristol, PA, and San Diego, CA, with single-use equipment and scale-up technologies.

A Takeda and Denali collaboration includes three named programs for treating Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, using Denali’s antibody transport vehicle (ATV) technology to enhance blood-brain barrier penetration.

The company announced 15 new collaborations focused on addressing unmet medical needs, including using artificial intelligence in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, saliva testing for throat cancers, and using the microbiome to treat sleep disorders.

The companies aim to discover and develop locked nucleic acid oligonucleotides as orally available therapies for treating inflammatory bowel diseases.

The companies aim to develop a potential zinc finger protein transcription factor-based gene therapy for treating Lou Gehrig’s disease.