Manufacturing, Biologics

GlobalData reports the need to shift away from egg-based manufacturing of vaccines in light of influenza-related deaths.

Modeling at various stages of the data analytics continuum aids scale comparison of a bioreactor.

Spectroscopic tools present an alternative method for reliable at-line process monitoring and control.

Biologic new molecular entities (NMEs) accounted for 26% of total NME approvals in 2017.

The contract development and manufacturing organization has entered it first manufacturing contract worth $148 million for its recently completed Plant 3 facility.

The new training center, the Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing, will prepare engineering students and industry professionals for the field of biologics manufacturing.

The study suggests that circumventing evolution in cell factories can enable the commercialization of new biobased chemicals to large-scale.

Ompi EZ-fill vials and Daikyo Seiko PLASCAP press-fit closures are a confirmed product set for use with Vanrx Pharmasystems' Aseptic Filling Workcells.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals will expand its biologics capabilities at its headquarters and manufacturing site in Saint-Prex, Switzerland.

Unlike current approaches where bioconjugation is typically done following the manufacture of the monoclonal antibody and the cytotoxic drug, the new method begins with the antibody supernatants and eliminates the need for extensive chromatographic purification.

The companies have been awarded a collaborative grant of £1.9 million (US$2.6 million) from Innovate UK.

Amgen plans to invest approximately $300 million in a new biomanufacturing plant in the United States.

A collaboration between The Centre for Process Innovation and The Roslin Institute aims to develop commercially viable and scalable methods of producing biologics using transgenic animals.

The Flexicon PF7 peristaltic tabletop aseptic liquid-filling machine from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group is suitable for GMP-regulated biotechnology and pharmaceutical operations.

Layout and supply details must be considered when implementing a fully disposable biopharmaceutical manufacturing process.

As closure integrity testing moves from a probabilistic to a deterministic basis, designs are promoting improved control and reduced operator contact.

Greater clarity on the application of existing regulations will accelerate development of cell and gene therapies.

Single-use technologies are starting to gain ground as capacity needs change, but industrywide adoption remains low.

The new Acquity Arc Bio System by Waters is specifically engineered to enable efficient transfer and improvement of bioseparation analytical methods.

The company will invest $139 million in sterile manufacturing technology at its facility in Ballytivnan, Sligo, Ireland to support the growth of its oncology pipeline.

The funding from the Walloon Region will enable Univercells to start developing a manufacturing platform aimed at driving down costs of biosimilars manufacturing.

Lonza Pharma & Biotech's's Modular Automated Sampling Technology (MAST) platform, which allows for the collection of up to 10 sterile sample sources for automated analysis in multiple analytical devices, won the CPhI Pharma Award 2017 for Excellence in Pharma: Bioprocessing.

GE Healthcare will equip Cellular Biomedicine Group's cell therapy manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, with its FlexFactory single-use platform, designed to speed up cell therapy manufacturing timelines.

A new target for the treatment of multiple myeloma using CAR-T technology was discovered by researchers at Osaka University.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech will equip Abzena’s contract development and manufacturing facilities in Bristol, PA, and San Diego, CA, with single-use equipment and scale-up technologies.

The companies aim to develop a potential zinc finger protein transcription factor-based gene therapy for treating Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The contract manufacturing company has completed construction on a new aseptic fill/finish facility in Wuxi, China.

Proper selection and installation optimizes fluid system performance.

Advances in TFF and single-use systems help advance UF/DF on the continuous processing path.

The authors present a robust and easy-to-implement chromatography column performance assessment method, called direct transition analysis (DTA).