BioBusiness

Westlake’s third fund of $450 million will be used to grow early stage biotechnology companies.

German manufacturer metabion is conducting a multi-million euro expansion of its oligonucleotide manufacturing capacity in Munich East.

Start-ups are plagued with common issues that dramatically decrease their odds of achieving investor funding.

Exploring new fields can bring novel antibody candidates to the pipeline.

In addition, Caribou will maintain full ownership and control of its pipeline of allogeneic CAR-T and CAR-NK cell therapies.

Camena Bioscience has completed $10 million in Series A financing on the back of growing demand for DNA synthesis.

Chime Biologics, Leads Biolabs, and BeiGene have formed a three-way collaboration to advance the development and global manufacturing of Leads Biolabs’ lead mAb candidate, LBL-007.

If we view a change opposite of one’s interest as antithetical to innovation, we risk losing sight of our ultimate goal.

The debate surrounding drug pricing changes rages on.

Donaldson Company’s €136 million (US$148 million) acquisition of Univercells is designed to broaden its portfolio of biomanufacturing solutions.

Image analysis algorithms coupled with microscopy techniques can be used to characterize aggregates of therapeutic proteins.

The prestigious award, worth €20,000 (US$22,000), goes to Maurice Michel of the Science for Life Laboratory at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

PIF has established Lifera, a new manufacturing entity that will manufacture, stockpile, and supply bio/pharmaceuticals both locally and through partnerships.

India’s Enzene Biosciences is investing $50 Million into a new biopharma manufacturing plant in Hopewell, NJ.

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.

BIO is a powerful business development conference that can help make a lot of deals become reality.

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.