Contract Manufacturing, Biopharmaceutical Production

Plasmid DNA (pDNA) is a critical raw material for the manufacture of cell and gene therapies. As this market continues to grow, so too does the demand for high-quality pDNA.

Recipharm will provide analytical and process development capabilities to support toxicology studies, in addition to GLP manufacturing of lipid nanoparticles to capture the active pharmaceutical ingredient, an antigen peptide.

Rentschler Biopharma’s ATMP business can now offer its full range of services for the clinical supply of AAV, including bioprocess and analytical development through to cGMP manufacturing at the Stevenage facility in the UK.

Rentschler Biopharma, CGT Catapult, and Refeyn aim to use automated and digital technologies to improve AAV manufacturing for gene therapies.

WuXi XDC will provide end-to-end services to support Boostimmune’s discovery of novel bioconjugates.

More than a third of CMOs are struggling to keep skilled technical and production staff.

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

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.

Synthego has opened its new GMP-compliant RNA manufacturing facility in Redwood City, Calif., for CRISPR-enabled genomics therapeutics.

Shifting toward more technological solutions and ensuring a greater understanding of the workforce’s needs will give both CROs and sponsors a market advantage.

To prepare for emerging mRNA technologies, it is necessary to adapt fill/finish and cold chain capabilities.

Although new single-use technologies offer the flexibility needed to overcome several challenges in ATMP production, there are many considerations and hurdles manufacturers must be aware of when scaling.

Preclinical studies specifically benefit from the “smart” drug development trend through deeper data access and analysis.

Ginkgo Bioworks has acquired StrideBio's AAV capsid discovery and engineering platform and has formed a partnership with WARF for development of next-gen cell therapies.

The trends shaping the growth of the biologics outsourcing industry demand attention.

The technology is designed to enable patients to self-inject biologic-based therapies at home instead of a hospital setting.

CellVax Therapeutics has selected Theragent, a new CDMO, to manufacture clinical trial material for a new Phase II prostate cancer immunotherapy drug candidate.

Under two new agreements, Societal CDMO will offer analytical, technical transfer, formulation, manufacturing, and packaging services for novel therapeutics.

Experts divulge where the industry is outsourcing most frequently, when companies should outsource more, and when performing tasks in-house might be best.

Lonza and Israel Biotech Fund form a two-year agreement to support accelerated development and manufacture of biologics and small molecules.

Industry experts share their top outsourcing tips from both the perspective of companies offering outsourcing services as well as for companies looking to outsource.

Outsourcing partners are ready to fill the market need for greater cell therapies capacities.

The booming cell therapy market has created a need for capacity that outsourcing partners are ready to fill.

BioPharm International spoke with Colleen Floreck, vice president, Global Marketing and Strategy, Catalent Cell and Gene Therapy about the specific requirements and challenges for expanding production of viral vectors.

Capacity concerns and regulatory compliance considerations will drive the decision about outsourcing the manufacture of clinical trial materials.

Moderna and Thermo Fisher Scientific have formed a collaboration to leverage dedicated commercial fill/finish manufacturing capacity in the US for mRNA vaccines and therapies.

Recipharm has strengthened its biologics manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of both Vibalogics and Arranta Bio.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is expanding its Millersburg, Penn., site with a $40 million investment to support increased production of single-use technology for critical vaccines and biologics.

Piramal Pharma Solutions plans to construct a multipurpose ADC manufacturing and aseptic fill/finish facility in Grangemouth, Scotland, and to upgrades its existing API manufacturing facility in Morpeth, England.

Arranta Bio will use Cytiva’s FlexFactory single-use manufacturing platform to produce mRNA vaccines.