Manufacturing, Biologics

The European Commission has approved Zessly (infliximab), a biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson’s blockbuster Remicade (infliximab).

This marks the third FDA approval for the company’s second biomanufacturing plant in Incheon, Korea.

The gene therapy company is expected to invest $55 million in a new manufacturing facility that will produce therapies for rare neurological genetic diseases.

WuXi Biologics will build a biologics manufacturing facility in Singapore that will use both fed-batch and continuous perfusion-based single-use bioreactors.

The new company will develop proprietary RNA-based therapeutics and will provide broad lentiviral development and manufacturing expertise and support.

The company is increasing its cell culture media production capacity at its facilities in Pasching, Austria, and Logan, Utah.

Lonza announces addition of mid-scale biologics manufacturing capacity and cell-therapy suites at Portsmouth, NH site.

More published data and initial regulatory approvals are needed to drive adoption of continuous bio-manufacturing.

Process understanding and careful assessment of risks are essential in developing viral clearance programs.

Thermo Fisher Scientific invests $50 Million to expand biologics drug development and manufacturing capabilities in St. Louis, MO.

The new platform is expected to speed up cell line development.

The company unveiled three new products to support single-use biomanufacturing and won an award for best technological innovation at INTERPHEX 2018.

The company is launching a new pre-fabricated, ready-to-run manufacturing facility that is expected to significantly decrease the production timeline for viral vector-based therapeutics.

The new facility, to be built in Toronto, Canada, will significantly increase capacity for pediatric and booster vaccines.

The biopharmaceutical firm has chosen Rhode Island as the site of its next-generation biomanufacturing plant, which will offer flexibility, speed, and efficiency.

The new 300,000-square-foot facility is considered the largest dedicated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility with fully integrated services.

Celltrion received complete response letters from FDA for its rituximab and trastuzumab biosimilars.

The companies have created Syna Therapeutics, a joint venture that will develop biosimilars and new molecules.

The contract development and manufacturing organization announced the addition of a new building complex that will house its headquarters in Bothell, WA.

Early adopters are benefiting from lower costs and increased productivity.

Developments and investments in single-use systems advance upstream biomanufacturing.

The companies will co-develop and co-promote a CAR T cell therapy in the United States.

The agreement gives IncoCell Tianjin, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based Boyalife Group, access to Cesca’s celluar processing contract development and manufacturing services.

Hitachi will manufacture regenerative medicines developed by Daiichi Sankyo and SanBio Group.

The collaboration between the two companies aims to finish all necessary work needed to file for a first-in-human study by early 2019.