The latest developments from suppliers of ingredients, development and manufacturing services, and related technologies for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical development and production.
MilliporeSigma has partnered with Oxford University’s Jenner Institute to develop more scalable vaccine-manufacturing processes. Separately, MilliporeSigma is developing plans for a vaccine-manufacturing facility in Africa.
The partners intend to...
Frontage Laboratories, an Exton, Pennsylvania-headquartered contract research organization, has acquired Concord Biosciences, which was the company formed from the contract research activities of Ricerca Biosciences, a CRO and contract development...
LGM Pharma, an Erlanger, Kentucky-headquartered active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer, has announced that Dr. Prasad S. Raje, PhD has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
In this capacity, Dr. Raje will be heading up all company...
Lonza has opened a new 300,000-square-foot dedicated cell-and-gene-therapy manufacturing facility in Pearland, Texas, part of the Greater Houston area.
Lonza Houston will serve as a center of excellence for cell-and-gene-therapy process...
Famar, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has appointed Bruno Biscaro as President, North America. In this role, Biscaro will lead all Famar’s business activities and operations within the region.
Biscaro brings over 30...
Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of Pittsburgh have established a new Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Center of Excellence that combines technology in genomics, bioinformatics, implementation science, medication-response phenotyping, and...
Therapure Biopharma, a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based biologics manufacturer, has launched its plasma products and technology division as Evolve Biologics, focused on plasma-derived therapeutics for patients with rare chronic diseases and acute...
KBI Biopharma, a Durham, North Carolina-headquartered biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization, has partnered with ReForm Biologics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered formulation innovator for protein...
Fujifilm has agreed to acquire two cell-culture media companies, Santa Ana, California-based Irvine Scientific Sales Company (ISUS) and Tokyo, Japan-based IS Japan (ISJ), for approximately $800 million. The company also plans to open a new...
Corning, a material-sciences company, has announced plans to build a high-volume pharmaceutical glass packaging manufacturing facility in Durham County, North Carolina to support production of Corning Valor Glass, a new glass packaging product.
In...
AGC Biologics, a Bothell, Washington-headquartered contract development and manufacturing organization of biologics, plans to add a new building complex that will house the company’s global headquarters in Bothell.
The new complex is located...
Abzena, a contract manufacturer of biologics and antibody drug conjugates, has completed a facility remodeling for a new antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) GMP manufacturing suite at its Bristol, Pennsylvania site.
The facility is being equipped with...
Syngene International, a Biocon subsidiary and Bangalore, India-headquartered contract research organization, has reported on its recent developments and expansion plans.
In January 2018, Syngene signed a multi-year development and manufacturing...
Rephine, a Stevenage, United Kingdom-headquartered provider of clinical and regulatory services to the pharmaceutical industry, has developed an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) sourcing portal to streamline the API sourcing process for...
Noramco, a Wilmington, Delaware-headquartered producer of specialty active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), has partnered with Ampac Fine Chemicals (AFC), a Rancho Cordova, California-headquartered API manufacturer, to produce certain US Drug...
