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Biogen and Ginkgo Bioworks team up to develop novel gene therapy manufacturing platform

24-May-2021

By Rachel Arthur

Biogen and Ginkgo Bioworks say their collaboration and license agreement will develop a next-generation AAV production platform, aiming to ‘redefine the industry standard for manufacturing recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based vectors’.

Samsung Biologics to provide fill-finish manufacturing for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

24-May-2021

By Rachel Arthur

Samsung Biologics will provide large-scale fill-finish manufacturing for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine from its facilities in South Korea.

Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are ‘highly effective’ against India variant

24-May-2021

By Rachel Arthur

Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease from the B.1.617.2 (‘India’) variant is similar to that found against the B.1.1.7 ('UK') variant, according to a new study.