Deals, Development and Manufacturing

The collaboration between the Pistoia Alliance and Matador Japan will work to accelerate research and promote access to a global pharmaceutical ecosystem.

Mendus and NorthX Biologics will work to develop and commercialize Mendus’ lead asset, vididencel, an allogeneic dendritic cell vaccine.

The collaboration between Samsung Biologics and Pfizer will focus on long-term biosimilars manufacturing.

Sartorius and Waters will collaborate to develop integrated analytical solutions for downstream biomanufacturing.

invoX Pharma has made a second tranche of investment in pHion Therapeutics to support further development of next-generation mRNA vaccines.

A partnership between Rentschler Biopharma and Ikarovec will support the accelerated development of novel gene therapies for the treatment of eye diseases.

The $87.5 million purchase grants Novartis rights to an investigational gene therapy program intended for treatment of cystinosis.

uBriGene Biosciences will acquire Mustang Bio’s Worcester, Mass., CGT manufacturing facility in a deal worth up to $11 million, expanding its operations into the US market.

Waters Corporation expected to boost growth in bioanalytical characterization for new modalities with acquisition of Wyatt Technology.

Gilead Sciences and Arcus Biosciences have expanded their research collaboration to include inflammatory diseases in addition to oncology.

Astellas and Sony will collaborate to discover a novel ADC platform for use in oncology.

In a brief, the Federal Trade Commission cited concerns about the acquisition resulting in an increased monopoly on Amgen’s newly acquired thyroid eye disease and chronic refractory gout treatments.

The NSF-sponsored program aims to help partners collaborate to create opportunities for significant economic, societal, and technological opportunities for growth in their regions.

Under the collaboration, BiOneCure Therapeutics and Nanjing Leads Biolabs intend to develop a range of innovative antibody-drug conjugates for treating solid tumors.

In a deal potentially worth more than $530 million, Amgen will use TScan Therapeutics’ target discovery platform to home in on novel targets for Crohn’s disease treatment.

The new partnership between Sandoz, a Novartis division, and Just – Evotec Biologics will aim to develop and manufacture multiple biosimilars.

Private investors from Advent International and Warburg Pincus will operate the assets as an independent CDMO.

JMI Laboratories and bioMérieux will work to improve microbiology diagnostics tools.

Merck will acquire Prometheus Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in immune-mediated diseases, at a total equity valuation of $10.8 billion.

Ginkgo Bioworks has acquired StrideBio's AAV capsid discovery and engineering platform and has formed a partnership with WARF for development of next-gen cell therapies.

The acquisition of Cell Systems will bolster AnaBios’ portfolio of human tissue and cells for use in drug discovery.

Sartorius’ acquisition of Polyplus is designed to strengthen its cell and gene therapy capabilities.

CDMO Exothera and biotech company Remedium are joining forces to scale up the manufacturing process for Remedium’s lead gene therapy candidate for treating osteoarthritis.

Takeda plans to build a new facility in Osaka, Japan, for the manufacture of plasma-derived therapies.

Under a new partnership, Invitae and Deerfield Management will harness genetic and clinical testing data from patients to discover potential novel therapeutics for treating rare diseases.