Manufacturing, Biologics

AGC Biologics has broken ground on a new multipurpose facility in Copenhagen, Denmark, that will increase capacity.

Lonza plans to establish drug product manufacturing capabilities at is site in Guangzhou, China, to produce clinical trial and commercial supply in the country.

Syngene’s additions include a new microbial facility and an expanded mammalian facility.

PNI expands global headquarters with a new 75,000-square-foot facility, which will include multiple GMP suites for manufacturing RNA therapeutics and vaccines.

Rentschler Biopharma has broken ground nearby its Milford, Mass., site where it will build its new multi-product manufacturing facility for commercial production of complex molecules.

The Just - Evotec Biologics facility in Redmond, Wash., uses the company’s J.POD technology.

BeiGene plans to build a new campus for R&D and commercial-scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing in Hopewell, NJ.

Growing demand for bispecific antibodies increases the need for automated and miniaturized high throughput screening capabilities.

Through the adoption of single-use technology, drug manufacturers have been able to adapt to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emergent BioSolutions is being allowed to restart manufacturing operations for the J&J COVID-19 vaccine at its Bayview, Baltimore, Md., facility.

Catalent commences the first phase of a $100-million expansion program Anagni site to increase its manufacturing capabilities for biologics drug substance.

The GMP facility is designed to maximize bioprocessing efficiency of newborn stem cells and manufacturing at scale.

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.

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

The extended manufacturing agreement between Pinteon and Lonza enables future clinical production of PNT001, a novel Tau antibody therapeutic that targets Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury.

Selexis and KBI Biopharma will use integrated services to advance Immatics’ TCR bispecifics drug development program to the IND stage.

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

Optima has teamed up with the Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus and Heidelberg University to develop a unit for decentralized, automated production of CAR-T cell therapies.

VIVEbiotech has opened its new lentiviral vector manufacturing facilities in Spain, expanding capacity for lentiviral vectors for use in cell and gene therapies.

FDA has granted accelerated approval to Biogen for Aduhelm (aducanumab), a new mAb treatment for Alzheimer’ disease.

The emergence of new biotherapeutics is both the driver and result of innovative drug development technologies.

As the RNA therapeutic market grows, contract manufacturing services for GMP-grade RNA are in demand and expected to continue on an upward trajectory.

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.

AkesoBio’s expanded manufacturing capacity, enabled by the addition of another Cytiva FlexFactory platform, will be used to meet current and future market needs in China as well as worldwide.

The new facility, which will be Evotec’s first in Europe, will aim to offer capacity, flexibility, and quality for biotherapeutic development and manufacturing while utilizing technology that employs small, automated, highly intensified, and continuous bioprocessing operations inside autonomous cleanrooms.