Outsourcing

The partners have established PathoQuest, Inc., a US subsidiary, and will construct an NGS-based testing lab at Charles River’s Wayne, PA, site.

Apiject was approved for a $590-million loan from the US to build in-country capacity for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.

Analysis from the CPhI Annual Report has revealed that the global contract services sector is benefitting from a switch toward COVID-19 manufacturing and clinical-stage contracts; however, mega-cap pharma innovation is slowing outsourcing.

The agreement will provide capacity for the manufacturing of AZD7442, currently being developed for the potential prevention and treatment of COVID-19, at Lonza's Portsmouth, NH site.

Single-use equipment, analytics, and automation may add complexity, but they are reducing scale-up costs and timelines.

3P Biopharmaceuticals, and Oxford University spin-out, SpyBiotech, have signed a vaccine contract manufacturing agreement.

Catalent has signed an agreement with Bone Therapeutics for the acquisition of Skeletal Cell Therapy Support SA (SCTS).

Following a recent expansion at its Cambridge, MA, facility, the company now houses a new suite of cellular analysis platforms that enhance its exploratory capabilities into oncology, neuroscience, and rare diseases.

The company’s new CytoML Experiment Suite fully automates each stage of the flow cytometry data lifecycle, allowing for clearer data visualization and analysis.

GRAM is expanding fill/finish capacity and is working with Janssen on tech transfer in preparation for production of Janssen’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate at GRAM’s Grand Rapids, MI facility.

The investment at its Madison, WI, facility will expand MilliporeSigma’s capacity for high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient production and allow for continuous flow manufacturing of ADCs.

The company is investing $130 million to add Phase III through commercial-scale manufacturing suites to its gene therapy campus in Harmans, MD.

Rapid scale-up to billions of doses requires collaborative, all-out efforts by innovators, their manufacturing partners, and the entire supply chain.

Cellular and gene therapy fields are currently on track for, if not already experiencing, a serious capacity crunch.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is increasing access to cry-electron microscopy with the help of contract research organizations.

Conversations with CMOs/CDMOs about capabilities and how they work to reduce complexities in the supply chain should focus on cost efficiency, temperature excursions, and sustainability.

CDMO Avid Bioservices will provide development and drug substance manufacturing for Oragenics’ novel COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Terra CoV-2.

The company has made several moves in recent weeks to expand manufacturing capacity and cell line services.

The company has launched a residual GMP-compliant test and dual sourcing opportunity designed to increase compliance and reduce risks for ATMP manufacture.

Sterling Pharma Solutions has signed a deal with Moleculin Biotech to support the development of WP1122, a potential COVID-19 treatment.

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ North Carolina site will be used to manufacture Novavax’ NVX‑CoV2373 vaccine candidate for a Phase III clinical trial.

Catalent has unveiled investment plans to create a European center of excellence for clinical biologics formulation development and drug product fill/finish services.

Catalent has unveiled plans to invest in a European center of excellence for clinical biologics formulation development and drug product fill/finish services at its facility in Limoges, France.

The acquisition will give the CDMO additional clinical filling options in Europe, which is expected to come online in 2021.

The new facility in Grand Rapids, MI, is part of the CDMO’s aggressive expansion plan.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a rise in demand for R&D and a shift in focus for some contract organizations.

The company now offers its CONFIDENCE virus clearance services to support validation of viral clearance processes.

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

Agreements with the PolyPeptide Group and AGC Biologics will scale up production of the Novavax Matrix-M adjuvant.

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