Grifols builds its first plant in Northern Africa for Morocco-based Soludia Maghreb, which will be used in the production of intravenous solutions bags.
Sartorius launches a new vessel for its ambr 250 modular bioreactor system to potentially accelerate cell and gene therapy process development and scale up into cGMP single-use bioreactors and bags.
Aiming to boost the gene therapy development and manufacturing capabilities of Paragon, which Catalent acquired in April, the CDMO has agreed to acquire all of the gene therapy-related assets from Novavax, a late-stage vaccine developer.
Cobra and Symbiosis announce the completion of their collaboration on viral vector development and manufacturing, supported by £1.9m Innovate UK grant.
Sterile fill-finish capabilities will be available to clinical stage customers as iBio activates its operations for biopharmaceutical products after entering a supply agreement.
Thermo Fisher invests into bioproduction capabilities as ‘single use continues to reshape the face of the industry,’ says single-use technology executive.
Pall Biotech signs an industry participation agreement with the New Jersey Innovation Institute to create two centres designed to develop and manufacture cell and gene therapies.
In a step towards the commercialisation of its ‘off-the-shelf’ CAR-T therapies, Cellectis begins construction of a facility in France and enters lease agreement for US facility.
MaxCyte announces a partnership with Kite to explore the use of flow electroporation technology to enable the non-viral cell engineering of CAR-T drug candidates.
The rapid evolution of cell and gene therapy technology is leading GE Healthcare to explore partnerships to meet increasing manufacturing demand, according to the company's enterprise solutions leader.
In its full-year financials, Novartis announced plans to transform its cell therapy manufacturing process through greater investment and utilisation of digital technologies.
GE Healthcare and G-CON have combined capabilities to offer drug developers ‘readily deployable’ manufacturing platforms for cell therapies and viral vectors.
Fujifilm has launched an upgrade to its subsidiaries manufacturing capabilities, by increasing capacity by 50% at an existing facility and building an entirely new site for cell technology.
The UK has a ‘rich and vibrant’ advanced therapeutic manufacturing sector well placed to attract companies post-Brexit, says Keith Thompson, CEO of CGTC.
BIA’s Bioscience Forum brought together four experts on cell and gene manufacture to discuss what difficulties are being faced in the industry and how they are reacting to them.
Lonza Pharma & Biotech will expand two of its manufacturing sites to reach the capabilities necessary to produce compounds bio-conjugates through to commercialization.
Leaf Expression Systems’ technology enables the manufacture of proteins, vaccines and complex biomolecules without using animal-based products, says recently appointed chief executive.
Dyadic’s CHO-alternative, the C1 production platform, could reduce time and cost at almost every stage of the cell development and biomanufacturing process, says CEO.
TriLink BioTechnologies, a subsidiary of Maravai, that provides gene therapy services to researchers, has announced it will relocate to expand the company’s operations.
