Manufacturing Equipment, Biologics

The CHF 400-million (US$416-million) investment in Lonza's biopark in Visp, Switzerland, will expand Ibex Solutions with two new offerings, drug substance development and drug substance and drug product manufacturing.

BeiGene is set to build late-stage clinical and commercial production capacity for cancer monoclonal antibodies with GE Healthcare’s KUBio, the prefabricated biopharma facility based on single-use technologies.

The biopharmaceutical company will invest approximately $800 million to expand facilities and manufacturing capacity at its campus in Rensselaer County, NY.

The new features on the purifier deliver additional sizes and sterilization/sanitization compatibility.

The company is increasing manufacturing capacity at its Copenhagen, Denmark facility with the addition of six new bioreactors.

A collaboration integrates Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s BIOSTAT STR bioreactors and Repligen’s XCell ATF cell-retention control technology to create simplified, scalable equipment for intensified cell culture.

The SciLog SciPure FD System from Parker Bioscience is an automated single-use system for the filtration and dispensing of products into either bottles or bags.

The company is certified as a manufacturer of pressure vessels and components for use in China.

The media, by Tosoh Bioscience, is composed of calcium and phosphate buffers and offers mixed-mode properties for biomolecule purification.

The acquisition of Flex Concepts adds custom, single-use products to Entegris’ single-use bag product line.

Increasing demand for biologics is driving the need for innovation in bioprocessing.

The new resin used a combination of “jetting” technology and a high-performance Protein A ligand.

The company’s next-generation ultraperformance liquid chromatography platform is designed to meet the evolving laboratory requirements for chromatographic performance.

The contract development and manufacturing company has received an additional approval from Health Canada to manufacture monoclonal antibody drug substance at its first plant in Icheon, South Korea.

Silicone is one of the polymeric materials that can be used for single-use components and assemblies in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

Understanding differences in bioreactor lifecycle, design space, and product platforms is important for selecting a bioreactor type.

Single-use technologies have become increasingly prevalent in final fill/finish operations for biologics.

The company will provide the first FlexFactory manufacturing platform for cell therapy manufacturing.

Higher cell titers and cell densities have posed a challenge to cell harvesting, a crucial step in biologics manufacturing.

This marks the third FDA approval for the company’s second biomanufacturing plant in Incheon, Korea.

The gene therapy company is expected to invest $55 million in a new manufacturing facility that will produce therapies for rare neurological genetic diseases.

Parker Bioscience will expand laboratory, cleanroom, office, and warehouse facilities at its Birtley, UK manufacturing site.

The company will invest EUR 325 million (US$389 million) in a new biomanufacturing facility in Ireland using single-use bioreactors.

The new platform is expected to speed up cell line development.

The company unveiled three new products to support single-use biomanufacturing and won an award for best technological innovation at INTERPHEX 2018.

The company is launching a new pre-fabricated, ready-to-run manufacturing facility that is expected to significantly decrease the production timeline for viral vector-based therapeutics.

The new facility, to be built in Toronto, Canada, will significantly increase capacity for pediatric and booster vaccines.

The biopharmaceutical firm has chosen Rhode Island as the site of its next-generation biomanufacturing plant, which will offer flexibility, speed, and efficiency.

The new 300,000-square-foot facility is considered the largest dedicated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility with fully integrated services.

Developments and investments in single-use systems advance upstream biomanufacturing.