Funding and Investments

With the investment, AstraZeneca will establish a second global strategic R&D center in Beijing as well as support major research and manufacturing agreements to further advance life sciences in the country.

Co-led by Andera Partners and Bpifrance, the Series B financing will go toward an ongoing Phase Ib/IIa clinical study for EG 427’s lead candidate and to advance the company’s genetic medicines platform.

The co-leaders of the financing were Novo Holdings and Bpifrance, with other investments from Invus, UI Investissement, Seroba Life Sciences, Fund+, Kurma Partners, Omnes Capital, and Turenne Capital.

The $94 million (€90 million) Series A funding will be used to support the development of the company’s pipeline of nCycles, oral macrocycle drugs that will be focused on validated biologic targets.

With the DKK 8.5 billion (US$1.2 billion) investment, Novo Nordisk will build a new modular and flexible production facility in Odense, Denmark, to produce multiple products for rare diseases.

The company will add a new laboratory facility at its Shanbally, Co. Cork, Ireland, manufacturing site.

Lilly will expand its recently acquired manufacturing facility in Wisconsin with a $3 billion investment, and Amgen will expand its North Carolina facility with a $1 billion investment.

The company officially launched new production suites, a revamp of its development labs, and more at its Thousand Oaks, Calif., cell therapy manufacturing facility.

With this $3.6 million investment, the CDMO will strengthen its advanced labeling, automated visual inspection, and fill/finish technology.

The investment will allow Sanofi to strengthen antibody bioproduction at its Lyon Gerland site in France.

Under a £15.7 million (US$20.7 million) investment, SEKISUI has expanded its UK site for clinical-grade drug substance manufacturing.

With financing led by OrbiMed, Novo Holdings, and Jeito Capital, Alentis Therapeutics will develop a pipeline of Claudin-1-targeted ADCs to treat solid tumors.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has committed DKK 600 million (US$87.4 million) towards the initial costs of the center housing the new supercomputer, which has the potential to accelerate drug discovery innovation.

The new center's design will prioritize integration of the entire supply chain, with the aim of accelerating product development and autonomous production capacity in alignment with EU priorities.

Lilly has increased its manufacturing investment for biologics in Limerick, Ireland, by $1 billion while launching its new $800 million facility in Kinsale.

With a $15 million fund-raising goal, US Specialty Formulations plans to invest in expanding its biopharma facility in Allentown, Pa.

The new biotech company will use the Series A financing to advance the development of enhanced biologics to treat solid tumors and inflammatory and immunology diseases.

BeiGene has invested $800 million into a new biologics manufacturing facility in Hopewell, NJ, which also houses its clinical R&D capabilities.

Novo Nordisk plans to invest $4.1 billion in a second fill/finish manufacturing facility in Clayton, N.C., boosting its current 2024 investments into production to $6.8 billion.

AGC Biologics has completed an expansion at its Copenhagen, Denmark, site, which doubles its bioreactor capacity for mammalian-based cell culture.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies CEO Lars Petersen highlights the company’s strategic goals and meeting market demand for mammalian cell culture capacity.

This new facility will allow AstraZeneca to offer full manufacturing processing for antibody drug conjugates.

With the Vacaville, Calif., site acquisition, Lonza gains one of the largest biologics manufacturing sites for mammalian cell-based therapeutics.

Daiichi Sankyo is investing approximately €1 billiion (US$1.08 billion) to expand its Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany, site for ADC development and production.

IMU Biosciences has secured £11.5 million in its Series A financing round.

CellVoyant has raised £7.6 million in seed funding to speed up the development of novel cell therapies.

Boehringer Ingelheim is investing €120 million (US$131 million) into its Koropi, Greece site to expand production for new therapeutics.

MediWound has been granted an additional $6.7 million by the DoD to advance NexoBrid as a non-surgical field care solution for the US military.

Novo Nordisk will invest more than DKK 16 billion (US$2.3 billion) to expand its production facilities in Chartres, France.

MilliporeSigma has expanded its biosafety testing laboratories in Shanghai, China, with the completion of new lab space at its new €29 million (US$43 million) Biologics Testing Center.