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Eli Lilly & Company will pay Verve Therapeutics up to $525 million to advance a lipoprotein gene editing research program.

Advanco’s acquisition of Vantage Consulting Group boosts its position as a provider of independent pharmaceutical serialization solutions.

The collaboration between the Pistoia Alliance and Matador Japan will work to accelerate research and promote access to a global pharmaceutical ecosystem.

There are various challenges associated with the development of CAR-T therapies for solid tumor cancers.

The merger agreement states that Novartis will acquire all the shares of Chinook through a subsidiary for a price of $40 per share in cash at closing.

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The collaboration between Samsung Biologics and Pfizer will focus on long-term biosimilars manufacturing.

The complaint alleges that Medicaid price controls implemented in the Inflation Reduction Act will negatively impact biopharmaceutical innovation.

Sartorius and Waters will collaborate to develop integrated analytical solutions for downstream biomanufacturing.

Under the €35 million (US$37 million) investment, MilliporeSigma will expand its sites in Glasgow and Stirling, Scotland, to increase biosafety testing for drug development and commercialization.

invoX Pharma has made a second tranche of investment in pHion Therapeutics to support further development of next-generation mRNA vaccines.

Lonza will gain access to R&D capabilities, including payload and site-specific linker technology, through its acquisition of ADC company, Synaffix.

New fields are being explored to bring novel antibody candidates to the pipeline.

Compliance with GMP standards remains an integral focus in bulk mAb manufacturing.

WuXi Biologics is expanding its manufacturing capacity for drug substance and drug product at its sites in Leverkusen and Wuppertal, Germany.

A partnership between Rentschler Biopharma and Ikarovec will support the accelerated development of novel gene therapies for the treatment of eye diseases.

The start of production of US engineering batches of NXC-201, a CAR-T cell therapy candidate in early clinical development, is the first step in transferring Nexcella’s existing manufacturing process to the United States.

API supplier Olon has started construction of a new manufacturing facility in Milan, Italy, which will be dedicated to production of cytotoxic payloads and linkers for ADCs.

Sandoz’s marketing authorization applications for a proposed biosimilar to denosumab are supported by a comprehensive analytical and clinical data package.

The $87.5 million purchase grants Novartis rights to an investigational gene therapy program intended for treatment of cystinosis.

uBriGene Biosciences will acquire Mustang Bio’s Worcester, Mass., CGT manufacturing facility in a deal worth up to $11 million, expanding its operations into the US market.

With $73 million in financing from investment firms, Myeloid Therapeutics plans to accelerate its lead clinical candidate into Phase I/II development for treating solid tumors.

Jane True, vice-president of mRNA Commercial Strategy & Innovation and Global Pandemic Security Lead, Pfizer, shares her perspective on how mRNA will shift commercial models in the pharmaceutical industry.

Sania Therapeutics has emerged from stealth mode and launched its technology platforms for enabling the development of novel therapeutics to treat neural circuit dysfunction.

Biotech firm Lumen Bioscience has received fast track designation from FDA for its oral biologic drug candidate for treating C. difficile infection.

Waters Corporation expected to boost growth in bioanalytical characterization for new modalities with acquisition of Wyatt Technology.

Gilead Sciences and Arcus Biosciences have expanded their research collaboration to include inflammatory diseases in addition to oncology.

Astellas and Sony will collaborate to discover a novel ADC platform for use in oncology.

In a brief, the Federal Trade Commission cited concerns about the acquisition resulting in an increased monopoly on Amgen’s newly acquired thyroid eye disease and chronic refractory gout treatments.

The NSF-sponsored program aims to help partners collaborate to create opportunities for significant economic, societal, and technological opportunities for growth in their regions.