Partnerships

The European approval marks the first approval for a biosimilar in that region resulting from the companies’ joint portfolio.

Pfizer transfers CAR-T assets to Allogene Therapeutics under a new alliance to further develop immuno-oncology therapeutics.

The companies will co-develop and co-promote a CAR T cell therapy in the United States.

EMA has recommended approval of the biosimilar for the same indications as Roche’s Herceptin (trastuzumab).

The agreement gives IncoCell Tianjin, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based Boyalife Group, access to Cesca’s celluar processing contract development and manufacturing services.

Hitachi will manufacture regenerative medicines developed by Daiichi Sankyo and SanBio Group.

The collaboration between the two companies aims to finish all necessary work needed to file for a first-in-human study by early 2019.

Emerson will provide Ireland’s National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training with technologies to help the institute prepare students for the transition to manufacturing digitization in the biopharmaceutical industry.

The companies intend to jointly develop and commercialize Lenvima (lenvatinib mesylate) as a monotherapy and an in-combination therapy for treating multiple cancer types.

Biogen will acquire an AMPA receptor potentiator for cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia in a deal worth approximately $590 million.

A review of the latest investments in facilities, equipment, and acquisitions by biopharma contract service providers.

Successful outsourcing relationships for early phase analytics in drug development are driven by partnership.

Under this agreement, the companies will develop in parallel an antibody drug candidate and cell lines for other potential candidates.

The new training center, the Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing, will prepare engineering students and industry professionals for the field of biologics manufacturing.

Avid Bioservices will provide commercial manufacture of an enzyme replacement therapy by Roivant Sciences' Enzyvant subsidiary.

The research partnership will focus on advancing regenerative medicine using porcine bioproducts.

The companies have partnered to develop and commercialize vectorized antibodies against tau for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

The company has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed partner to support the development and manufacture of a new biomanufacturing cell line.

The acquisition strengthens an already existing collaboration between the companies to advance clinical development of therapies across multiple drug categories.

The companies will partner to further immuno-oncology research using humanized mice.

Through its Janssen pharmaceutical companies, Johnson & Johnson, has partnered with Theravance to develop and commercialize a therapeutic for inflammatory bowel diseases.

A collaboration between The Centre for Process Innovation and The Roslin Institute aims to develop commercially viable and scalable methods of producing biologics using transgenic animals.

Researchers at Purdue University and and industry experts have partnered up at the Advanced Lyophilization Technology Hub to optimize the 70-year-old freeze-drying process.

The acquisition, valued at EUR 520 million (US$631 million), would expand Takeda’s late-stage pipeline in gastroenterology and would extend an already existing collaboration between the two companies.

A Takeda and Denali collaboration includes three named programs for treating Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, using Denali’s antibody transport vehicle (ATV) technology to enhance blood-brain barrier penetration.