Partnerships

More than 120 healthcare organizations plan to bring competition to generic drug market.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and vaccine manufacturer IDT Biologika will collaborate to develop and manufacture a vaccine against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

The companies entered a multi-year R&D collaboration to develop mRNA-based flu vaccines.

Avalon and Weill will co-develop bio-production and standardization procedures for CAR-T therapy.

The companies will collaborate on the discovery, development, and commercialization of cell therapies for cancer.

Boehringer Ingelheim joins Oxford BioMedica, UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium, and Imperial Innovations to form a partnership for developing a new gene therapy to treat cystic fibrosis.

The companies will collaborate to bring InnoCore Pharmaceuticals’ proprietary SynBiosys biodegradable polymer platform to market.

The companies will work together to develop novel gamma delta T-cell receptor therapies in various cancers.

Novartis is set to partner with MorphoSys and Galapagos in a deal worth up to $1.1 billion to develop and commercialize their joint investigational, fully human, IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against the target IL-17C.

Quartzy, an online laboratory supply management company, will offer lab products from Bioline, Biotium, and MP Biomedicals.

CELLforCURE will produce cancer CAR-T treatments for Novartis at a manufacturing facility in Les Ulis (Essonne), France.

Biogen will pay Samsung BioLogics approximately $700 million to increase its stake in Samsung Bioepis to approximately 49.9%.

The company expanded its extended workbench laboratory services program to support the ongoing manufacturing and development of Flexion Therapeutics’s Zilretta (triamcinolone acetonide extended-release injectable suspension).

The companies will partner to develop T-cell therapies for cancer.

The three-year collaboration will focus on developing vaccines for up to five infectious disease pathogens.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals and Complement Pharma will partner to develop a preclinical C6 complement inhibitor to treat neurodegenerative disorders.

The company will provide the first FlexFactory manufacturing platform for cell therapy manufacturing.

The Amgen Foundation and Harvard University will develop LabXchange, a free online science education platform that will provide digital instruction and virtual lab experiences.

Ingenza, in partnership with the University of Dundee and Drochaid Research Services, will work on a project to recycle CO2 emissions from bioprocessing plants to serve as feedstock and energy inputs.

The companies have extended a contract agreement for the commercial manufacture of the active pharmaceutical ingredient for vonapanitase, an investigational drug intended to improve hemodialysis vascular access outcomes.

The companies expanded their partnership to develop and commercialize messenger RNA (mRNA) cancer vaccines to include shared-antigen mRNA cancer vaccines such as mRNA-5671.

Smaller review divisions will bring experts closer to decision processes and reduce bottlenecks, FDA leaders say.

The companies will partner to develop smart connected monitoring and support solutions for injectable drugs.

The companies plan to advance programs for dementia and other neurological conditions.

LNC Therapeutics has appointed a new CEO and is strengthening its R&D for gut microbiome-based drugs.

Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen partners with Bristol-Myers Squibb to advance next-generation therapies for cardiovascular diseases.

ReForm Biologics and KBI Biopharma will collaborate to improve biopharmaceutical formulations and development.

Under this global collaboration, the companies will develop encapsulated cell therapies for treating Type 1 diabetes.

Boehringer Ingelheim and OSE Immunotherapeutics have entered a global immuno-oncology partnership to develop a checkpoint inhibitor for treating advanced solid tumors.

The companies have created Syna Therapeutics, a joint venture that will develop biosimilars and new molecules.