Deals, Development and Manufacturing

A clinical-stage company that was spun out of the VUB university in Belgium, eTheRNA immunotherapies, has revealed it will be participating in an EU research project aimed at developing off-the-shelf mRNA nanomedicines.

A simulation-based drug discovery company, Turbine, has announced the closing of an institutional funding round worth EUR 3 million (US $3.3 million), which will be used to redesign the oncology drug discovery process.

The companies plan to promote and manufacture Maverick, an emergency-use, cartridge-based auto-injector.

The transaction is expected to be finalized in early 2020.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences will supply Akeso Pharmaceuticals with the FlexFactory platform to accelerate production of antibody drugs in the Guangzhou region.

Schott will combine its adaptiQ platform with West’s Ready Pack system.

The partnership will center on the development and commercialization of DCR-HBVS, Dicerna’s investigational therapy in Phase I clinical development, using its proprietary RNAi platform technology.

The project will seek to deliver treatments for the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis through submitted proposals from potential collaborators.

The companies will develop innovative formulations for drugs to treat rare diseases using Catalent’s oral disintegrating tablet technologies.

The goal of the investment is for the cures to be made available across the globe, including in sub-Saharan Africa’s low-resource communities.

The partners have developed a scalable, cost-effective purification process for adeno-associated viruses.

Under the agreement, gene and cell therapy companies can go directly to Aldevron for NTC’s technology without acquiring a license from NTC.

The company will produce the anti-HER3 antibody drug HMBD-001for use within a clinical partnership between Cancer Research UK and Hummingbird Bioscience to test the agent in a Phase I trial.

The therapy received positive results in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in 34 adults with proven celiac disease.

Through the agreement, Foamix will have access to $20 million of financing to fund the commercial launches of the topical treatments.

The transaction is set to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.

The transaction is anticipated to close by the end of 2019.

GammaDelta Therapeutics has unveiled the formation of a new spin-out company, Adaptate Biotherapeutics, aimed at developing antibody-based therapies that modulate gamma delta T-cells.

The long-term agreement gives CombiGene the authority to manufacture and commercialize the drug if it is approved after clinical studies.

Lonza, through its Ibex Solutions, will now cover preclinical and clinical development and manufacturing for a significant portion of Genmab’s pipeline.

The companies will collaborate to identify and develop in-vivo genome editing therapeutic candidates for genetic diseases, including hemophilia.

The collaboration aims to reduce “vein-to-vein” time for patients and to optimize manufacturing and supply operations.

MilliporeSigma will now be the first company to make acoustic technology available for cell therapy manufacturing.

The collaboration focuses on baculovirus/Sf9 expression system for Prevail's pipeline of novel AAV9-based gene therapy programs neurodegenerative diseases.

Under a collaboration potentially worth more than $1.5 billion, the companies aim to develop the antisense therapy to treat patients with certain cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

GSK invested $139 million to its Rockville, MD site to support demand for Benlysta.

The new joint venture, named Oerth Bio, will use Arvinas’ Protac technology to develop innovative new agricultural products. As part of its collaboration with Arvinas, Bayer is also using this technology to develop human therapeutics.

The companies are working together with Japanese clients to outline projects from early clinical stage up to commercial launch.

Manufacturing of the cell line will take place at Lonza’s GMP facility in Geleen, Netherlands.

The companies plan to collaborate for the advancement of an optical system for on-line analysis of mammalian cells during a bioprocess.