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Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced the signing of a letter of intent with The Biovac Institute Ltd to manufacture the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for distribution within the African Union.

Catalent Biologics has launched its new cell line expression technology, GPEx Lightning, which aims to shorten drug substance development timelines by up to three months.

Samsung Biologics and Kineta have entered into a strategic partnership for drug product manufacturing services and to support an IND filing of a novel antibody therapeutic.

BioNTech will acquire a TCR cell therapy R&D platform as well as a manufacturing facility in Gaithersburg, Md., from Kite, a Gilead company.

Nkarta will establish a new combined scalable NK cell therapy manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif.

Cellares has entered into a strategic relationship with Poseida Therapeutics to advance a closed, automated, and scalable cell therapy manufacturing system.

Pall has secured a manufacturing contract with Exothera for the suspension-based manufacture of gene therapies and viral vector-based vaccines.

In combination with etoposide and either carboplatin or cisplatin, Imfinzi has been approved in the first-line setting of ES-SCLC by China’s National Medical Products Administration.

The companies work to develop and supply advanced cell models that better reflect an in-vivo environment to improve drug discovery accuracy and efficiency.

The GMP facility is designed to maximize bioprocessing efficiency of newborn stem cells and manufacturing at scale.

MorphoSys completes the acquisition of Constellation, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.

Kriya Therapeutics completes $100 Million Series B financing to advance its platform for designing, developing, and manufacturing gene therapies.

MTBVAC has the potential to be used as an alternative to BCG vaccination in infants and for prevention of TB disease in adolescents and adults.

ImmunityBio will proceed with a Phase I/II/III trial in South Africa of their dual-antigen T-cell vaccine as a boost in participants who were previously vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Yale School of Public Health’s regulatory sciences program expansion builds on the current regulatory affairs track program, which focuses on the administrative, policy, and legal aspects of product regulation.

The US federal government awarded new funding to the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals, including funding under the American Rescue Plan that will be used to advance vaccine manufacturing.

Common stock of merged allogeneic cell therapy company to commence trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market as “CELU” on July 19, 2021.

EMA's safety committee, PRAC, has concluded that there is no evidence linking the viral vector in Zynteglo to a blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

After a review of three cases, EMA's PRAC has advised against the use of Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine in people who have a history of capillary leak syndrome.

EMA's PRAC has found a possible link to very rare cases of myocarditis and pericarditis after vaccination with Comirnaty and Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines.

Aptamer Group has signed a contract with a global pharmaceutical company to use Optimers to support innovative vaccine development for neurodegenerative disease.

A new report by Radnor Capital Partners and commissioned by the BIA has shown that international investors are being drawn toward the biotech sector of the UK.

Eli Lilly and Company has announced its acquisition of biotech firm Protomer Technologies, giving it a protein-engineering platform for next-generation protein therapeutics.

White House proposal includes measure to make drugs more affordable.

AMRI reinforces positioning as a CDMO with name change and acquires the formulation and fill/finish company, Integrity Bio, and biologics company, LakePharma.

Moderna announces supply agreement with the Argentina government for 20 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The IND for Tevogen Bio's TVGN-489, an allogeneic COVID-19-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte, received rapid clearance from FDA.

GEA’s plug-and-produce skids are designed for multi-product pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical separation.

NewAge Industries is adding cleanrooms at its Pennsylvania headquarters.

FDA’s review and approval of Aduhelm triggers controversy and a call for review from within the Agency.