Manufacturing

The ISPE FOYA 2020 category awards included biologics facilities.

Safeguarding against microbial contamination requires rapid detection and innovative technology.

Honeywell Forge Cybersecurity Suite’s improved industrial-grade remote access and added protection and risk monitoring aids remote operations.

Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services has signed a supply agreement with AstraZeneca for the sterile manufacture of AZD1222, a COVID-19 recombinant adenovirus vaccine, to be used in clinical trials.

Inovio received a $71-million contract from the US Department of Defense to scale up manufacture of its Cellectra smart device to deliver its DNA vaccine.

Corning will use BARDA funding to expand US manufacturing capacity for pharmaceutical tubing and vials made from Valor glass.

Cobra Biologics has signed a supply agreement to provide GMP manufacturing for AstraZeneca’s AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Oxford Biomedica, has signed a collaboration agreement with the not-for-profit organization, the Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre, to provide the UK with its first strategic vaccine development and advanced manufacturing capability.

The companies have entered into a development and manufacturing agreement for Anthos Therapeutics’ abelacimab for treating thrombotic disorders.

Siemens and Exyte partner for fast-track construction of modular, automated, digitalized biopharmaceutical facilities.

SiO2 Materials Science has received $143 million from the US government to accelerate capacity scale-up of its advanced primary packaging platform.

The companies have entered into a manufacturing agreement for the fill finish supply of lenzilumab for the potential treatment of COVID-19.

The acquisition gives Novovax an annual operating capacity of more that one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine antigen.

Automated sampling systems and integration of PAT are overcoming some of the roadblocks to increased automation of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes.

Therapies for early and late treatment and passive immunization of COVID-19 are needed and can be developed using antibodies from recovered patients.

Advanced data analytics, including statistical modeling and machine learning technique, can enable more efficient and reliable bioprocesses.

The new facility in County Mayo includes an ISO class 7 cleanroom for the manufacturing of single-use systems.

The companies have formed a collaboration to develop a novel human recombinant protein as a therapeutic candidate against COVID-19.

This latest round of funding adds 14 new technology projects, workforce development, and Global Health Fund projects to NIIMBL's portfolio.

Ori Biotech is partnering with manufacturers and materials suppliers to develop an automated system for cell and gene therapy manufacturing.

Vibalogics is contracted to manufacture Janssen's COVID-19 candidate vaccine at its GMP-accredited facility in Cuxhaven, Germany.

Leadership was announced for the US government’s Operation Warp Speed program, which aims to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.

The company will invest $180 million to construct a new 290,000-ft2 facility in Plainville, MA.

Hitachi Chemical Advanced Therapeutics Solutions and apceth Biopharma entered into long-term development and manufacturing services agreements for the clinical and commercial supply of multiple bluebird bio therapies.

Remote, machine health monitoring services reduce the need for on-site visits.

Catalent will manufacture a mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials and potential commercialization.

The companies have entered into a manufacturing agreement to supply leronlimab, an investigational new drug currently being used in clinical trial protocols for COVID-19.

FDA’s EUA provides the first new treatment for COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms.

The ASTM standard describes how to evaluate single-use systems for foreign particle analysis.

The new cell-line producing platform enables fully scalable production of high-performance adeno-associated virus vectors.