Partnerships

The companies will work to discover and develop therapies for the treatment of liver-related cardio-metabolic diseases using Dicerna’s proprietary GalXC RNAi platform technology.

Alkermes plans to advance its investigational new drug-enabling capabilities for lead preclinical assets in the Rodin development candidate portfolio.

Through the agreement, Roche will gain full rights to the company’s portfolio of molecules for fibrotic diseases, most notably PRM-151, Promedior’s lead product candidate.

With the gene-editing technology, Evotec will have the ability to accelerate research and enable the testing and development of new drugs.

The companies will acquire Orflo’s two flagship products, the Moxi Z and the Moxi Go.

The new company name, Viatris, derives from Latin and represents the company’s main goals.

The companies plan to promote and manufacture Maverick, an emergency-use, cartridge-based auto-injector.

Through the agreement, Samsung will provide flexible business terms while offering full regulatory support and improved batch release from small to large scale.

Schott will combine its adaptiQ platform with West’s Ready Pack system.

The partnership will center on the development and commercialization of DCR-HBVS, Dicerna’s investigational therapy in Phase I clinical development, using its proprietary RNAi platform technology.

Arranta Bio has completed an $82-million round of funding and has scored a strategic partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

The companies will develop innovative formulations for drugs to treat rare diseases using Catalent’s oral disintegrating tablet technologies.

The goal of the investment is for the cures to be made available across the globe, including in sub-Saharan Africa’s low-resource communities.

The partners have developed a scalable, cost-effective purification process for adeno-associated viruses.

Under the agreement, gene and cell therapy companies can go directly to Aldevron for NTC’s technology without acquiring a license from NTC.

The company will produce the anti-HER3 antibody drug HMBD-001for use within a clinical partnership between Cancer Research UK and Hummingbird Bioscience to test the agent in a Phase I trial.

Through the agreement, Foamix will have access to $20 million of financing to fund the commercial launches of the topical treatments.

The transaction is set to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.

The long-term agreement gives CombiGene the authority to manufacture and commercialize the drug if it is approved after clinical studies.

Lonza, through its Ibex Solutions, will now cover preclinical and clinical development and manufacturing for a significant portion of Genmab’s pipeline.

The transaction is set to be completed at the end of the first quarter of 2020.

The companies will collaborate to identify and develop in-vivo genome editing therapeutic candidates for genetic diseases, including hemophilia.

The collaboration aims to reduce “vein-to-vein” time for patients and to optimize manufacturing and supply operations.

MilliporeSigma will now be the first company to make acoustic technology available for cell therapy manufacturing.

The collaboration focuses on baculovirus/Sf9 expression system for Prevail's pipeline of novel AAV9-based gene therapy programs neurodegenerative diseases.

Under a collaboration potentially worth more than $1.5 billion, the companies aim to develop the antisense therapy to treat patients with certain cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

The new joint venture, named Oerth Bio, will use Arvinas’ Protac technology to develop innovative new agricultural products. As part of its collaboration with Arvinas, Bayer is also using this technology to develop human therapeutics.

The companies are working together with Japanese clients to outline projects from early clinical stage up to commercial launch.

The companies agreed to a multi-year research and development collaboration that will focus on AI empowerment and exploration.

The new incubators are set to be operational starting in 2021.