Partnerships

JW Pharmaceutical Corp will acquire the rights to 100% of the shares of Euvipharm along with a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical plant located in Vietnam.

A collaboration between Insilico Biotechnology and IFAT aims to develop a manufacturing, planning, and control system for the production of monoclonal antibodies.

LBB Specialties and Meggle Excipients & Technology will work to distribute excipient products to companies in the American pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.

The transaction will reach completion during the fourth quarter of 2019.

The partners will collaborate to identify the bioactive components in hydrolysates, which have long been used as additives in cell culture media and feed formulation in the biopharma industry.

GSK will handle the development, regulatory, commercialization activities, and costs of the drug, while Ionis will obtain license fees and milestone payments of up to $262 million, including a $25 million license fee.

The new vaccine will offer protection against the Nipah virus after a single dose.

The agreement gives Biotheus access to Alligator’s antibody, Alligator-Gold, for the creation of up to three bispecific molecules.

The companies will work together to produce enFuse, a patient-administered subcutaneous delivery device.

The partnership aims to establish a virtual R&D center to advance the development of new cancer therapies.

The companies have entered into a manufacturing agreement for the production of Phase III clinical trial material.

Catalent Biologics has entered into a long-term strategic agreement to develop and manufacture an AveXis gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Zolgensma. 

Werum IT Solutions will provide a standardized, scalable, and compliant platform to blood centers for the cell and gene therapy processes.

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioTek Instruments, a company that handles the design, manufacture, and distribution of innovative life science instrumentation for $1.165 billion.

The companies will join forces to develop new immuno-oncology therapies in a deal worth up to $470 million.

The companies will work to develop a liver tissue model for screening the toxicity of drugs.

The biosimilar, Kanjinti, is approved for all indications of Herceptin, which includes treating breast, gastric, and gastroesophogeal cancers.

Be The Match BioTherapies and TrakCel have announced a collaboration to provide integrated solutions for companies developing cell and gene therapies.

IVERIC bio and Catalent Biologics have entered into a strategic manufacturing agreement for gene therapy product candidates to treat orphan inherited retinal diseases.

Biotech company Genmab signed an agreement with Johnson & Johson’s Janssen Biotech to develop a monoclonal antibody product using Genmab’s HexaBody technology.

The companies have signed a strategic multi-year manufacturing agreement for the future commercial production a late-phase investigational cell therapy.

The companies will use emerging data technologies to create a new virtual innovation lab to develop both scientific and commercial solutions.

Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is set to host an event in Darlington, UK, on June 26, 2019 to showcase the results of a £11.2-million (US$14.03-million) collaborative project to optimize biotherapeutic development.

GSK has revealed that it has entered into a five-year collaboration with the University of California to advance genomic research and improve drug discovery.

The companies will form a biometrics organization focused on delivering analytical solutions for drug development.