Manufacturing

Improving the manufacturing of gene therapy vectors will be crucial to making advanced treatments accessible to more patients who need them, agreed panelists at the 2018 Galien Forum.

Experts believe that the contract development and manufacturing organization market will reach $17.38 billion by 2022, with disruptive business models using Industrial Internet of Things (IIot) and single-use technologies proving more profitable and efficient in the long term.

GE Healthcare will collaborate with Wego Pharmaceutical in China for local production and supply of GE Healthcare’s Fortem single-use consumables.

The new program will provide cell and gene therapy companies a more efficient way to ensure quality compliance across collection center networks and to minimize quality system audit burden on these centers.

The expanded Frederick, MD, site will help meet global demand for diagnostic instruments and cell and gene therapies for clinical trials.

The company has rolled out the first batch of TRACON Pharmaceutical’s lead product candidate from its Singapore-based single-use bioreactor.

The expansion adds new capabilities and enhances existing service offerings for both oral and parenteral dosage forms.

New data highlights ability of the SQZ cell therapy platform to preserve cellular functions.

Recent equipment and updated product options offer improvement to a range of biopharmaceutical manufacturing tasks.

Survey results and record attendance may show positive signs for established and emerging biopharma regions.

Platform processes have improved monoclonal antibody scale-up. Can they do the same for personalized therapies?

Industry is searching for ways to deal with the criticality of ensuring data integrity.

The second half of this article describes the testing methods used by the authors to demonstrate the applicability of single-use mixing technology for virus inactivation.

Advanced therapy medicinal products pose unique manufacturing challenges that will require appropriate and thoughtful facility design and equipment.

A project funded by BioProNET will investigate optimization for bioprocessing of gene therapy vectors using hydrodynamic fluid flow fields.

A statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner Anna Abram detailed FDA’s new plan to advance plant and animal biotechnology innovation.

Kimberly-Clark Professional added the Kimtech A5 Sterile Integrated Hood and Mask XL for head shapes, sizes, and hairstyles that pose a challenge to standard aseptic gowning for cleanroom operators.

The acquisition will allow Lonza to further develop technology for scalable autologous cell-therapy manufacturing.

Bioconjugation requires aseptic manufacturing and containment for cytotoxic payloads.

The company will collaborate with GlycoBac to offer an insect cell line for the development of viral vaccines and gene therapies.

The new facility will include comprehensive mammalian process development and manufacturing capabilities.

The companies will develop and commercialize ARO-HBV, a Phase I/II subcutaneous, ribonucleic acid interference therapy candidate being investigated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B viral infection.

The companies signed a three-year clinical manufacturing agreement to manufacture GlaxoSmithKline’s specific peptide enhanced affinity receptor T-cell receptor therapy for United States, Canadian, and European clinical trials.

The UCL-Pall Biotech Centre of Excellence will address industry challenges and provide workforce training.

The companies will work together to discover, develop, and commercialize immunotherapies for patients with solid-tumor cancers in a collaboration worth $695 million per program.