Partnerships

Optima has teamed up with the Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus and Heidelberg University to develop a unit for decentralized, automated production of CAR-T cell therapies.

AGC Biologics has partnered with BioNTech to further supply plasmid DNA starting material from its Heidelberg, Germany, facility for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

As COVID-19 continues to spread, industry leaders are banding together to stop the disease in its tracks.

The companies are expanding their collaboration to extend the drug substance manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine with the addition of a new manufacturing line at Lonza’s Geleen, Netherlands, site.

Moderna and Aldevron have expanded their existing collaboration to support Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine program as well as additional clinical programs in Moderna’s pipeline.

Biogen and Ginkgo Bioworks have partnered to develop a next-generation AAV production platform to accelerate Biogen’s gene therapy drug development efforts.

Codagenix and Univercells have partnered on a research collaboration to pursue an undisclosed, high-priority human vaccine target.

Samsung Biologics plans to support the production of hundreds of millions of doses of Moderna’s vaccine to supply to markets outside of the United States beginning in the third quarter of 2021.

Under the terms of the agreement, Thermo Fisher will construct and operate a 44,000-ft2 cell therapy development, manufacturing, and collaboration center on UCSF's Mission Bay campus.

Bristol Myers Squibb has entered into a definitive agreement with Agenus for a global exclusive license to Agenus’ proprietary bispecific antibody program, AGEN1777, that blocks TIGIT and a second undisclosed target.

The expected growth of the global bio/pharmaceutical market is pushing for the continued evolution of the CDMO arena.

Recent CDMO partnerships include COVID-19 collaborations, manufacturing partnerships, service agreements, and a strategic alliance expansion.

Biogen and Capsigen have entered into a strategic research collaboration to engineer novel AAV capsids to deliver gene therapies that address the underlying genetic causes of various central nervous system and neuromuscular disorders.

Through the collaboration, MiNA will use its saRNA platform to research up to five targets selected by Lilly to address diseases across Lilly's key therapeutic focus areas.

Sterling Pharma Solutions and OncoTEX have entered into a clinical development agreement for the manufacturing of OncoTex’s novel platinum-resistant oncology drug candidate, OxaliTEX, for use in clinical trials.

The collaboration, which has been in place since 1998, will focus on drug discovery, translational medicine research, and pharmaceutical development.

Projects led by collaborating researchers from both Sanofi and Stanford Medicine will focus on autoimmune diseases and inflammatory conditions.

Eli Lilly and Company has partnered with leading diabetes tech firms to offer app compatibility with insulin smart pens to streamline diabetes management with automated data collection.

Moderna has entered into an agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to supply up to 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the 92 Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment low- and middle-income countries.

This new collaboration between Vyant Bio, Ordaōs Bio, and Cellaria mitigates risk in the drug discovery process using artificial intelligence and in-vitro “avatar” clinical trials.

Vetter and Rentschler Biopharma have announced the strengthening of their strategic alliance.

Moderna’s investments will double the formulation fill/finish and drug substance manufacturing of its vaccine to up to three billion doses in 2022 at various manufacturing sites.

Under the terms of the agreement, Catalent will handle the process development and CGMP manufacturing of AavantiBio’s adeno-associated viral vector-based therapeutic candidate for use in clinical trials in the US and Europe.

Merck has entered into non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements with five Indian generic drug manufacturers for the development of molnupiravir, an investigational, oral antiviral agent for the treatment of non-hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19.

With a $5 million grant from DARPA, DNA Script and Moderna will develop a prototype for rapid mobile manufacturing of vaccines and therapeutics as part of the DARPA’s Nucleic Acids On-Demand World-Wide program.