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The acquisition would combine Sangamo’s ex vivo gene-editing capabilities with TxCell's regulatory T-cell (Treg) expertise to create chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-Treg therapies.

The API and drug product provider will invest £375,000 (US$493,000) in additional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrumentation at its headquarters in Craigavon, UK.

The media, by Tosoh Bioscience, is composed of calcium and phosphate buffers and offers mixed-mode properties for biomolecule purification.

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

Otsuka Pharmaceutical will acquire Visterra, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing antibody-based therapies, for approximately $430 million.

Catalent Biologics will adopt Berkeley Lights’ Beacon optofluidic platform for its cell-line development workflow.

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA will move its US headquarters to Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ.

The expansion at the company’s Gillingham, UK, site, worth EUR 9 million (approximately US$10.5 million), will improve the company’s distribution capabilities.

The acquisition of Flex Concepts adds custom, single-use products to Entegris’ single-use bag product line.

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).

Hamilton Robotics and Waters Corporation have partnered to develop StarWorks, automated, end-to-end workstations for biopharmaceutical sample preparation.

Sciex’s latest additions to its biopharma portfolio helps to optimize workflow for better analytics in the lab.

The company unveiled its latest innovations to its mass spectrometry portfolio at ASMS in San Diego.

Amazon will acquire PillPack, an online pharmacy that offers pre-sorted doses of medications and home delivery.

The new resin used a combination of “jetting” technology and a high-performance Protein A ligand.

Strategic restructuring is designed to position GE Healthcare as a pure-play healthcare company.

The company’s next-generation ultraperformance liquid chromatography platform is designed to meet the evolving laboratory requirements for chromatographic performance.

Minakem’s facility in Belgium enhances capacity to scale production of highly potent ingredients for small to full GMP batches.

The company has completed the first phase of expansion at its headquarters in Freiburg, Germany, in anticipation of increasing demand as cell and gene therapies approach commercialization.

The contract development and manufacturing company has received an additional approval from Health Canada to manufacture monoclonal antibody drug substance at its first plant in Icheon, South Korea.

The companies will partner in research for HIV and hepatitis B immunotherapies, and Hookipa will manufacture arenavirus-based vectors for clinical development by Gilead.

Siemens will become a preferred supplier for Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s automation solutions, and SSB will create a globally standardized automation platform for its biopharmaceutical manufacturing systems.

MilliporeSigma targets emerging biotechs with US development center and global grants.

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

Vetter anounced the Open Innovation Challenge to examine the applicability of digital trends to injection systems.

Lonza has added four liver cell types to its hepatocytes portfolio for testing of in vitro drug models.

TxCell announces manufacturing agreement with Lonza for its HLA-A2 CAR-Treg cellular product.

Catalent’s GPEx technology was used to develop antibody for anti-methamphetamine clinical study.

Madison Dearborn Partners will acquire a majority ownership position in CDMO Alcami.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies opens Cambridge, MA center to promote collaboration with biotech companies.