Manufacturing

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.

FDA has granted expanded approval to Sarepta Therapeutics for Elevidys to treat DMD in non-ambulatory patients, in addition to ambulatory patients.

A new initiative will advance access to quality medicines and vaccines in Africa.

The companies have completed the expansion and qualification phase and now enter a stand-by phase for five years.

John Bertagnolli, vice-president of Commercial Operations at Selkirk Pharma, discusses considerations when building and scaling up pharmaceutical facilities, including contamination control and aseptic processing challenges.

Technological advances are aiding manufacturers to streamline aseptic processes and improve time-to-market.

Ecolab Life Sciences and Repligen introduce DurA Cycle, a new affinity resin for large-scale biologics manufacturing.

Syngene has launched a new protein production platform that offers faster production with lower risk.

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

Reports by USP and FDA detail drug shortage numbers and challenges through 2023.

CGT manufacturing processes need automation as well as standardization, according to Lonza’s Joe Garrity and Jerry Jiang.

The biopharma industry is looking at continuous chromatography for sensitive molecules.

Joe Garrity and Jerry Jiang from Lonza share their insights on the latest trends and challenges for the commercialization of new CGTs.

Packaging and packaging line innovations are addressing the industry’s growing use of biologics.

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

Raphael Townshend, founder and CEO of Atomic AI, speaks on AI’s usefulness in characterizing molecular structure and advancing molecular engineering.

Determining E&L risk from single-use components can be used to build the level of extractable profiling and PERLs.

Chemify founder and CEO, Lee Cronin gives insight into the combination of digital chemistry, robotics, and AI in the drug discovery process.

Pharmaceutical Technology® spoke with Parviz Shamlou, senior vice-president of Science and Technology, Abzena, about the impact of the Biosecure Act on the bio/pharmaceutical industry, as well as the progress of continuous manufacturing in biopharma.

BioPharm International sat down with Himanshu Gadgil, CEO of Enzene Biosciences to discuss the benefits and challenges of continuous manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals.

Pharm Tech Group looks at the challenges surrounding the development and manufacture of ATMPs in more detail with Agne Vaitkeviciene, CEO of Memel Biotech.

Pharm Tech Group sits down with Bernard Sagaert, CEO of etherna, to examine the role of mRNA in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

BioPharm International chats with Dr. Monika Paulė, CEO and co-founder of Caszyme about the evolution of CRISPR.

BioPharm International® spoke with Jeff Clement, executive director of Technical Sales for Development and Manufacturing Group at PCI Pharma Services, about the challenges and benefits of incorporating robotics into aseptic manufacturing

Improved efficiencies and reduced costs are clear advantages of automating drug manufacturing processes.