Funding and Investments

Nkarta will establish a new combined scalable NK cell therapy manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif.

The US federal government awarded new funding to the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals, including funding under the American Rescue Plan that will be used to advance vaccine manufacturing.

A new report by Radnor Capital Partners and commissioned by the BIA has shown that international investors are being drawn toward the biotech sector of the UK.

Eli Lilly and Company has announced its acquisition of biotech firm Protomer Technologies, giving it a protein-engineering platform for next-generation protein therapeutics.

Sparx Therapeutics will build its first commercial manufacturing facility in Yangzhou, China, for antibody drug production.

Yposkesi is building its second commercial facility for cell and gene therapy manufacturing at its campus on Corbeil-Essonnes, France.

Lonza plans to invest approximately CHF 850 million (US$936 million) to build new state-of-the-art mammalian manufacturing facilities at its Visp, Switzerland, and Portsmouth, NH, sites.

Projects led by collaborating researchers from both Sanofi and Stanford Medicine will focus on autoimmune diseases and inflammatory conditions.

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.

Sartorius has expanded in the United Kingdom with the relocation to a new facility in Havant, Hampshire, for downstream processing equipment.

The first four investments of the new program will support clinical-stage biotechnology companies while new investments will include companies focused on oncology, rare disease, and inflammation and immunology.

The company is investing in expansion at four sites in the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy, which will include construction of new facilities and addition of sterile and lyophilized filling lines.

The grant will support the advancement of glycoengineering technology for plant-derived proteins developed by a University of Alberta scientist partnered with PlantForm.

The new super plant, being built in Incheon, South Korea, will have a total biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity of 256,000 L.

The agreement follows a recent announcement that Sartorius plans to invest $100 million in Songdo, South Korea’s bio cluster.

The new facility at the company’s San Diego, CA, site will be for late phase and commercial CGMP manufacturing.

Recent data, from BIA and Clarivate, has revealed that investment in UK biotech continues to be strong.

The investment will include new manufacturing lines and increased automation to deliver additional manufacturing capacity.

The investment at its Madison, WI, facility will expand MilliporeSigma’s capacity for high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient production and allow for continuous flow manufacturing of ADCs.

The company is investing $130 million to add Phase III through commercial-scale manufacturing suites to its gene therapy campus in Harmans, MD.

The companies have signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake of PCI Pharma Services.

The new facility, located in Lenexa, KS, will rapidly expand production of viral transport media.

The company has made several moves in recent weeks to expand manufacturing capacity and cell line services.

The award will help a bioanalytics startup commercialize instrument technology for pharmaceutical antibody manufacturers.

Filling and packaging of primary containers is a crucial piece of COVID-19 vaccine production.