Supplier News

The biopharmaceutical company broke ground on what will be a new 3000-ft2 addition to its Kansas biomanufacturing facility.

The VIA Thaw CB1000 from GE Healthcare offers thawing for large volumes of cell therapies cryopreserved in cryo-bags for research laboratories.

The Carlyle Group and GTCR have completed a previously announced acquisition of AMRI, a contract research and manufacturing organization.

Catalent and US WorldMeds have entered into an agreement for the commercial manufacture of lofexidine, a drug used to alleviate opioid withdrawal symptoms.

Roquette has completed its previously announced acquisition of Itacel, an excipient division of Blanver.

Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB), a supplier of peptide and antibody research reagents, has licensed new fluorescent dyes from the University of Edinburgh that enhance live-cell imaging.

Avista Pharma has appointed Eric Evans as CFO.

MilliporeSigma announced a collaboration with Angiex, a biotechnology start-up, to support the development of Angiex’s lead oncology antibody drug candidate to clinical use.

Lonza is expanding parenteral dosage development capability and capacity in its Drug Product Services (DPS) sector at the company’s Basel, Switzerland facility.

An FDA evaluation concluded that Corden Pharma Latina’s corrective actions addressed the concerns in an FDA warning letter.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) and Siemens entered a global partnership to increase awareness of industrial cybersecurity needs and standards.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed the previously announced acquisition of Patheon for approximately $7.2 billion.

Circa Group, a biotechnology company, has announced a collaboration with formulation science consultancy iFormulate to launch Cyrene, a biosolvent.

MilliporeSigma, the life-science subsidiary of Merck KGaA, announced an agreement to acquire Natrix Separations, an Ontario, Canada-based provider of hydrogel membrane products for single-use chromatography.

Ajinomoto Althea’s Optima VFVM 7000 aseptic fill/finish line supports a range of drug substance APIs.

Roquette, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in plant-based excipients, announced the opening of a new R&D and customer technical service facility in Singapore in fall 2017.

AstraZeneca and Champions will develop new cohorts of patient-derived xenograft models to be used in oncology programs in breast and lung cancer as well as for use in other academic and industry applications.

The KBF 1020 constant climate chamber from Binder offers storage for large quantities of test specimens or large samples.

The private equity funding will enable the startup biotech firm to expand product development as well as sales and marketing capabilities.

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group added platinum-cured silicone gaskets and platinum-cured silicone braided hoses for fluid path validation to its BioPure range.

The $12-million acquisition will strengthen Cancer Genetics Inc.’s (CGI) capabilities in drug discovery, drug development, and early phase clinical trial testing in the field of oncology.

The expansion at its Lincolnshire, IL, facility will double the footprint of the site’s range of services, including microbiological evaluation, drug stability studies, and medical devices testing.

The acquisition adds sterile manufacturing capability to the CDMO’s services, which include API formulation and manufacturing.

Upon merging, the combined company will be named SELLAS Life Science Group and will focus on cancer treatments with a late-stage pipeline featuring immunotherapies targeting hematology and solid tumors.

Lonza further expands its micronization services with the acquisition of Swiss contract manufacturer, Micro-Macinazione, following its previous $5.5-billion acquisition of dosage form provider, Capsugel.

New patent for automated cell processing technology provides commercially viable automated CMC solution for developing CAR-T cell therapies.

Lonza introduces new modular complex that offers flexibility and individually tailored solutions to biomanufacturing challenges.

Corning and Gerresheimer have been working together to accelerate innovations for pharmaceutical glass packaging.

Recipharm set up a manufacturing line at its facility in Sweden using LIDD’s NanoZolid technology.

GE Healthcare partners with Oritain for an independent test that can confirm the country of origin of fetal bovine serum (FBS), a component of biopharmaceutical production.