Feliza Mirasol

Under an expanded agreement, Cellares will provide proof-of-concept manufacturing for a second CAR-T cell therapy from Bristol Myers Squibb.

Salipro Biotech and Icosagen have entered into a multi-target collaboration to discover and characterize monoclonal antibodies.

Under this agreement, Acuitas Therapeutics’ LNP technology platform will be transferred to BIOVECTRA for use in manufacturing mRNA-based therapies.

Roche will gain exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Ionis’ investigational RNA-based therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease.

Eli Lilly and Company has received a complete response letter from FDA for its anti-dermatitis biologic therapeutic, lebrikizumab.

Pfizer has entered into a collaboration with Ginkgo Bioworks to discover novel RNA molecules across priority research areas.

The newly established business under Advent International and Warburg Pincus will be named Simtra BioPharma Solutions.

Under the partnership, Sartorius will leverage SPARTA Biodiscovery’s technology to accelerate development of nanoparticles used for drug delivery.

The innovation of affinity ligands must take stability into consideration for present and future purification applications.

With the two new GMP-grade mRNA manufacturing sites in Germany, MilliporeSigma can now offer fully integrated mRNA services.

The European Commission has granted approval for Tyruko (natalizumab), a biosimilar developed by Polpharma Biologics for treating multiple sclerosis.

Under a new pact, Genentech and PeptiDream will collaborate to discover and develop novel peptide-radioisotope drug conjugates.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation will invest up to DKK 950 million (€127 million, US$136 million) in a new cell therapy manufacturing facility in Lyngby, Denmark.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies has finished its new viral vector gene therapy manufacturing facility in Darlington, United Kingdom.

CN Bio and LifeNet Health LifeSciences have teamed up to provide direct access to a portfolio of highly characterized hepatic cells for the creation of advanced liver-on-a-chip assays.

The finalists for this year’s CPHI Barcelona Pharma Awards span 12 categories with awards ranging from accelerating innovations through to improved sustainability and best start-up initiative.

The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has given a positive opinion on Sandoz’ biosimilar trastuzumab for breast and gastric cancer.

Illumina’s new solutions center in Bengaluru, India, will expand access to genomics in the country.

Nanoparticles offer the potential for a safer, more effective method of drug delivery to the patient.

Bristol Myers Squibb has joined Cellares’ Technology Adoption Partnership program just as Cellares launches operations as an integrated development and manufacturing organization.

Rentschler Biopharma, CGT Catapult, and Refeyn aim to use automated and digital technologies to improve AAV manufacturing for gene therapies.

Danaher intends to acquire Abcam, a provider of life sciences assays and reagents, for $5.7 billion.

FDA has approved a new mAb therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals as well as a higher dose version of Eylea, the company’s eye disease therapeutic.

FDA has halted enrollment in clinical studies for Gilead Sciences’ magrolimab, a biologic treatment in development for acute myeloid leukemia.

With this agreement, Chiesi Global Rare Diseases will co-develop drug delivery systems with Aliada Therapeutics for large molecule therapeutics that can cross the blood-brain barrier.

The launch of Alpha Teknova’s new manufacturing facility in Hollister, Calif., increases its capacity for custom reagents for life sciences applications.

The completion of three acquisitions of Versanis Bio, Sigilon Therapeutics, and DICE Therapeutics boosts Eli Lilly and Company’s product pipeline in obesity, diabetes, and immunology.

Under the exclusive agreement, Hikma will commercialize products in Rakuten Medical’s pipeline for cancer treatment in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Under a manufacturing agreement, Northway Biotech will develop a manufacturing process for iTolerance’s fusion protein in development for regenerative therapy.

Scale-up strategies for cell culture will require a deep understanding of overall bioprocess workflows.