Partnerships

Under the restructuring, Sanofi will gain sole global rights to Kevzara (sarilumab) and sole ex-US rights to Praluent (alirocumab), while Regeneron will gain sole US rights to Praluent.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Guangzhou Development District Investment Promotion Bureau have signed an agreement to jointly establish a training center for biopharmaceutical professionals.

BioMed X has announced the successful completion of its first joint research project in the fields of COPD and IPF that it had undertaken with Boehringer Ingelheim.

CPI has partnered with ImmunoBiology (ImmBio) for the development of a heat-stabilized formulation of a mutli-antigen vaccine candidate against Pneumococcal diseases.

Iontas has entered into a collaboration agreement with Adaptate Biotherapeutics for the generation and optimization of antibodies for novel immune-oncology targets.

Horizon Discovery has announced its partnership with the Human Protein Atlas, which will see the incorporation of Horizon’s CRISPR-edited knockout cell models into the Cell Atlas program.

Biopharma company, Zelluna Immunotherapy, and clinical stage biotech, Glycostem Therapeutics, have entered into a partnership focused on the development and manufacture of allogeneic T-cell receptor guided Natural Killer cell therapies for the treatment of cancer.

The agreement paves the way for GSK’s specialty HIV company, ViiV Healthcare, to develop a broadly neutralizing antibody, N6LS, for HIV treatment and prevention.

The companies have entered into a clinical and commercial agreement to use MaxCyte’s ExPERT platform to enable development of up to five of Vor’s engineered cell therapies.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences has announced it will be working closely with Pharmadule Morimatsu to expand its KUBio “factory in a box” so that biopharma manufacturers will be able to quickly scale up vaccines, viral vector-based therapies, and other novel modalities.

During CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt, Germany, Datwyler launched its Starter Pack, which features its Omni Flex stoppers and Prime Caps along with Schott’s adaptiQ vials, targeted at clients looking to tackle small quantity component needs.

Countries and partners have announced commitments to vaccinate 450 million children against polio each year and overcome barriers to reaching all children.

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.