Deal-Making

Novartis will acquire Mariana Oncology, a Watertown, Massachusetts-based biotech company dealing in radioligand therapies (RLTs) to treat cancer.

Deal Making

Singapore’s SCG Cell Therapy and A*STAR, an official Singapore investor, will team up to build new joint laboratory research labs for cellular immunotherapies.

Facilities & Capacity

As part of its restructuring plan, Emergent BioSolutions will cut around 300 jobs across all areas of its business and shut down its facilities in Bayview, Baltimore and Rockville, Maryland.

Facilities & Capacity

Asimov has launched a stable cell line development service, which it claims is 10 times more efficient in lentiviral production.

Global Markets

A panel of experts at LSX World Congress in London, UK discussed the importance of diversity and inclusion in teams and shared advice on how to attract and hire diverse talent.

Upstream & Downstream Processing

Repligen says it is looking at new modalities and its filtration franchise to drive momentum following a mixed first quarter 2024.

Regulations

The US FDA has approved Beqvez (fidanacogene elaparvovec), Pfizer’s adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapy for the treatment of hemophilia B.

Regulations

CDMO AGC Bio will supply lentiviral vectors for Orchard Therapeutics’ metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) gene therapy, approved in the US this week.

Therapeutic Class

Singapore’s SCG Cell Therapy and A*STAR, an official Singapore investor, will team up to build new joint laboratory research labs for cellular immunotherapies.

Therapeutic Class

Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Oxford Biomedica has launched its One OXB strategy in an effort to align its global footprint.

Upstream & Downstream Processing

Repligen says it is looking at new modalities and its filtration franchise to drive momentum following a mixed first quarter 2024.

Upstream & Downstream Processing

Through changing the traditional organizational structure to include all functions in one team, the setup can support complexities in manufacturing projects, says Boehringer Ingelheim.