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The acquisition of Cell Systems will bolster AnaBios’ portfolio of human tissue and cells for use in drug discovery.

Will court challenges to FDA’s oversight authority open the door for multiple lawsuits to block agency decisions on all sides?

If approved, Johnson & Johnson would pay $8.9 billion to resolve all current and future claims in its ongoing talc litigation.

Sartorius’ acquisition of Polyplus is designed to strengthen its cell and gene therapy capabilities.

The COVID-19 vaccines opened the door to powerful market potential for other nucleic acid-based therapies.

What can we take away from Pfizer's acquisition of Seagen?

Direct-to-consumer drug advertising has developed as a cottage industry which has been used to increase prescriptions immensely.

Takeda received approval in Japan for a subcutaneous injection formulation of Entyvio (vedolizumab) for treating ulcerative colitis.

CDMO Exothera and biotech company Remedium are joining forces to scale up the manufacturing process for Remedium’s lead gene therapy candidate for treating osteoarthritis.

Takeda plans to build a new facility in Osaka, Japan, for the manufacture of plasma-derived therapies.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments concerning the legitimacy of “genus clauses” in bio/pharma patents.

Stephen Houldsworth, VP and Head of Platform Management & Marketing at CordenPharma, dives into ongoing trends in the outsourcing space.

Ingredion has completed two strategic investments in India with Amishi Drugs & Chemicals and Mannitab Pharma Specialties.

Under a new partnership, Invitae and Deerfield Management will harness genetic and clinical testing data from patients to discover potential novel therapeutics for treating rare diseases.

Sanofi intends to cut its US list price for Lantus (insulin glargine injection) by 78% and cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 for all patients with commercial insurance.

BioNTech will receive an exclusive worldwide license from OncoC4 to develop and commercialize its anti-CTLA-4 mAb candidate for solid tumor indications.

Sartorius BIA Separations and Teknova will collaborate to combine their technologies in an effort to streamline the downstream purification process.

Samsung Biologics plans to invest more than ₩1.9 trillion (US$1.5 billion) in the new Incheon, South Korea, facility, which will hold a manufacturing capacity of 180,000 L.

The collaboration between Genuv and Celltrion will utilize Genuv's proprietary mouse platform for antibody discovery.

Pfizer will acquire all outstanding shares of Seagen for a total of $43 billion.

Sumitovant Bipharma has completed its acquisition of Myovant Sciences for approximately $1.7 billion.

Lilly will cap insulin prices for patients with and without insurance at $35 per month.

AstraZeneca has entered into a global exclusive license agreement with KYM Biosciences for CMG901, which is being investigated as a gastric cancer treatment.

That wave beginning to crash over PhRMA’s gunwales may well emanate from a startup mindset, rather than Big Pharma or government policy pundits.

Moderna will leverage Life Edit’s suite of gene editing technologies to advance development of in vivo gene editing therapies.

AbbVie and Capsida have expanded their existing collaboration to advance three new gene therapy programs.

The goal of this collaboration is to develop an approach to personalized radiotherapy and drug discovery that is based in genomics and artificial intelligence.

LIfT and Minaris will work together to develop a manufacturing process for LIfT’s allogeneic neutrophil progenitor cell therapy.

Naoki Okamura, Astellas’ current chief strategy officer, will take over the role from Kenji Yasukawa.

Thermo Fisher’s sponsorship of Momentum Labs is intended to support biotech businesses in the greater Gainesville region.