Manufacturing

In an amendment to their existing contract manufacturing agreement, Celsian and Poly Pharm expand GEN-1 program collaboration to add clinical and commercial batches of investigational vaccine.

New data finds J&J COVID-19 vaccine and booster to provide increased protection against COVID-19.

Lonza’s investment in its Stein and Basel facilities in Switzerland aims to expand its overall drug product development and manufacturing services.

Celularity and Oncternal’s collaboration will focus on therapeutics targeting Orphan Receptor 1, which is linked to aggression and survival in solid tumor cells.

CPC’s MicroCNX Series Connectors provide an alternative to tube welding at small tubing sizes.

Repligen and Navigo’s novel ligand could be the first to address antibody aggregation in low pH elution buffers.

AGC Biologics is expanding manufacturing capacity at its Heidelberg, Germany, facility for plasmid DNA and messenger RNA.

Moderna’s new single-dose vaccine will be a booster for both COVID-19 and the flu.

AstraZeneca and the European Commission have reached an agreement that ends legal proceedings over the execution of the advance purchase agreement for the delivery of Vaxzevria.

Thermo Fisher Scientific plans to expand its Nashville, Tenn., site by establishing a dedicated single-use technology manufacturing facility at the site, doubling capacity.

Alternative materials, as well as supply-chain planning, are essential to ensure a reliable supply for parenteral drug packaging.

Advancements in bioprocessing technologies test microbial fermentation adaptability.

The industry considers applying automation and digitalization lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to enhance workflows.

Mechanistic models provide process understanding for developing robust manufacturing processes and for scale up and tech transfer.

Models of biopharmaceutical processes can be used for speeding development and improving process control.

Avantor plans to address rising global demand for biologics with their investment in hydration capabilities.

Quotient Sciences is investing £6.3 million ($8.68 million) into their drug substance manufacturing capabilities.

USAntibiotics will serve as the sole American-based provider of amoxicillin and amoxil clavulanate.

After receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from a batch of Moderna vaccines that were suspected to have contaminants, two people in Japan died. Meanwhile, another one million doses have been temporarily suspended in Japan.

Eli Lilly and Company and industry partners, including Ziath, are focused on speeding up the drug discovery process with a fully automated lab.

AGC Biologics has broken ground on a new multipurpose facility in Copenhagen, Denmark, that will increase capacity.

Lonza plans to establish drug product manufacturing capabilities at is site in Guangzhou, China, to produce clinical trial and commercial supply in the country.

Corning’s new Ascent fixed bed reactor (FBR) system is an automated bioproduction platform designed to significantly improve yields and reduce bioproduction costs.

The collaboration will focus on the interactions between WTX-124 indukine and KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab).

A new method developed by the NIH bypasses genetic RNA extraction, simplifying the testing process.

BlackBerry’s QNX real-time operating system may create cybersecurity vulnerabilities, according to FDA.

Artiva Biotherapeutics’s new R&D and GMP manufacturing center in San Diego, Calif., for NK cell therapies is expected to open in 2022.

Thermo Fisher’s manufacturing site in Greenville, NC was recognized for manufacturing excellence.

Syngene’s additions include a new microbial facility and an expanded mammalian facility.

Primates inoculated with CV2CoV show improved immune response and protection from various COVID variants.