Biopharma News

Astrea Bioseparations has acquired Delta Precision, a manufacturer of chromatography columns for biomanufacturing.

Agilent’s acquisition of Avida grants them access to high-performance enrichment workflows that enable NGS approaches for studying cancer.

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, will pay Kelun-Biotech up to $9l3 billion for seven early-stage oncology treatments.

FDA has announced that bebtelovimab is not currently authorized for emergency use in any region of the US.

Sosei Heptares and Eli Lilly have entered a multi-target collaboration and license agreement in diabetes and metabolic diseases.

GSK and Wave Life Sciences have entered into a collaboration to drive drug discovery and development for novel genetic targets.

AbCellera and Rallybio are teaming up to discover, develop, and commercialize novel antibody-based therapeutics for rare diseases.

Catalent is set to expand its biologics analytical services with its new facility in Durham, NC.

Under the collaboration between Vertex and Entrada, the companies will work on discovering and developing intracellular endosomal escape vehicle therapeutics for myotonic dystrophy type 1.

Amgen’s $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics, an Irish biotechnology company, is one of the largest of 2022.

Generate Biomedicines published a preprint describing technology that can generate novel proteins towards desired functional or other properties.

PictorLabs, a digital pathology company developing an AI-powered virtual staining platform, formally announced its launch at the start of December.

The R&D analytical solutions will consist of analytical lab services that use USP’s in-house scientific expertise and state-of-the-art facilities at the USP Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lab in Richmond and the USP headquarters facility in Rockville, Md.

In addition, personnel, equipment, and facilities from the acquired companies will expand Reaction Biology’s presence in Germany while enabling its global customers to leverage Bioassay’s expansive portfolio of regulated clinical and commercial services.

Results from Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer's treatment, lecanemab, indicated significantly slowed cognitive decline in patients relative to placebo.

Merck will use BigHat’s AI/machine learning-enabled platform to design candidates for up to three drug discovery programs.

The agreement will see Immutep and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany jointly fund the INSIGHT-005 study.

AstraZeneca inked a deal worth up to $320 million to purchase Neogene Therapeutics, a biotech start-up focused on T-cell receptor therapies.

The decision to move forward in Phase III development stems from the threat of resistance to current malaria treatment growth.

CSL’s Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec) will cost approximately $3.5 million, making it the most expensive single-use medicine in the United States.

Merck will purchase Imago BioSciences, a biotechnology company focused on bone marrow disorders, for approximately $1.35 billion.

The agreement aims to develop integrated technology for large-scale exosome production.

The collaboration will see the companies develop investigational next-generation bispecific immunotherapies for cancer.

The $286 million investment ability is designed to elevate MillioporeSigma’s ability to conduct biosafety testing and analytical development services.

Rousselot Biomedical will supply Gelomics with its gelatin methacryloyl, a photo cross-linkable extracellular matrix, for use in Gelomics’ LunaGel 3D Tissue Culture System.

Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv) injection is the first FDA-approved therapy designed to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in adults and pediatric patients 8 years and older.

The deal will see Sanofi use Insilico’s AI drug discovery platform to advance up to six new drug development candidates.

Salipro Biotech has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Sanofi to advance discovery programs.

The UK MHRA has expanded the use of Cosentyx for use in pediatric arthritic conditions.

The collaboration will see Shimadzu and UMG develop new clinical laboratory methods using LC-MS for TDM analysis.