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Increased capacity will help Circio progress development of circVec AAV gene therapy and in-vivo cell therapy, with the company setting a goal of selecting its first therapeutic candidate in 2026.

The expansion of the Kentucky site accounts for $80 million of the announced investment, with the remaining money earmarked for facilities in Michigan.

In contrast to earlier conferences in 2025, experts interviewed as part of the BIO conference in Boston did not come to a consensus about lasting impacts of recent changes in US government policy.

Matthew Stober and Campbell Bunce of Abzena talk about the CDMO’s role in accelerating the path of newer and more effective modalities to market.

The department’s newly announced partnerships were part of a weeklong visit that included discussions held at BIO 2025.

FUJIFILM representatives talked about the rebrand of the company’s life sciences businesses, partnerships with Regeneron and other companies, and the importance of having a presence at conferences like BIO 2025.

Bartłomiej Czubek, director of Business Development at Mabion, discussed what’s working, and the challenges set forth by what isn’t working, in the relationships built within the present biologics CDMO market.

Korro Bio CEO and president Ram Aiyar, PhD, delves into his company’s partnership with Novo Nordisk as a means of reaching a larger patient population with new ideas and approaches.

The collaboration will focus on identifying pre-clinical candidates for high-priority targets, including a small molecule oral therapy for immunological diseases.

The agreement, which covers a period of five years, has been designed to offer a turnkey service to companies seeking faster time to market for ADCs and bioconjugates.

Bringing in external expertise may be necessary when internal knowledge is lacking, but it is critical that any contract employee or consultant is comprehensively assessed to ensure the right person is employed.

Global scale-up requires developing replicable processes that work the same no matter where they are performed. This can be accomplished with smart factories that utilize fully automated manufacturing platforms.

The proposed $700 million, 700,000-square-foot space will support the companies’ future joint portfolio of next-generation obesity medicines.

While a one-stop shop still has its advantages, sponsor companies and CDMOs are starting to see each other not as transactional relationships, but true partners with a common goal of getting drugs to patients faster.

The pandemic made it daunting for companies to retain talent and then find it anew, but just as that cloud is lifting and workforce diversity is being embraced, AI beckons as a new challenge.

The bio/pharma industry is evolving with intention, intelligence, and a growing sense of shared purpose.

Paige’s state-of-the-art foundation models will be integrated with Sonrai’s intuitive cloud-based data analysis and bioinformatics platform.

Even with, or perhaps because of, the rapidity with which changes in United States policy are developing, many in the bio/pharmaceutical industry are taking a longer view.

The acquisition of Rweality will strengthen Enosium Life Science’s market access and medical-economic development strategies.

Rising demand for peptide-based therapeutics prompts the launch of this new peptide research center, which will offer services across peptide synthesis, discovery, and advanced modalities.

More and more contract manufacturers have been looking not at what the state of the supply chain is right now, but what it may be in the next three to five years.

Speaking at INTERPHEX 2025, William Wainwright, business development manager at Iwata Label USA, discusses the practical benefits of functional labels in protecting parenteral drugs.

BioPure’s BioClamp connector has been upgraded and is now manufactured to be 13% lighter than the previous model, allowing users to achieve a 26% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions across the full lifecycle of a product.

Winners are selected entirely through industry voting, with those honored representing recognition by their peers.

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s new membership survey said that 90% of US biotech companies rely on imported components for at least half of their FDA-approved products.