Thermo Fisher boosts viral vector manufacturing capabilities with ...
WEBJan 15, 2021 · The growing global pipeline of cell and gene therapy projects has prompted Thermo Fisher Scientific to invest again, with it announcing today that it had bought Henogen, Novasep’s viral vector manufacturing business based in Belgium, for about US$879.72m (€725m) in cash. The acquisition will help the contract and development manufacturing ...
GE Healthcare Life Sciences completes transition into Cytiva
WEBApr 1, 2020 · Now, with the deal complete, GE Healthcare Life Sciences has emerged at the other side rebranded as Cytiva. The company will retain the same staff, which means that it will have 7,000 employees and possess operations in 40 countries, becoming part of Danaher Corporation Life Sciences platform. CEO and president of Cytiva, Emmanuel Ligner, spoke ...
Biotech founders sent to jail for stealing trade secrets
WEBMar 22, 2022 · The two co-founders of JHL Biotech, Racho Jordanov and Rose Lin, were sentenced by the US Department of Justice for their roles in conspiring to commit trade secret theft and wire fraud. The investigation into the behaviour of JHL Biotech has been on-going , wherein the Taiwanese biotech had been accused of illegally obtaining information from ...
Bora Pharmaceuticals acquires CDMO assets from Eden Biologics
WEBMay 12, 2022 · Bora Pharmaceuticals recently announced the establishment of Bora Biologics Co., Ltd., to focus on that space. It has now acquired the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) facility from Eden Biologics, located in Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park, Taiwan. "The facility has four 500L bioreactors, all of …
Biogen sets out strategy to drive company forward beyond Aduhelm
WEBMay 5, 2022 · Biogen has set out five key areas it will concentrate on after cutting back its efforts around Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm. On Tuesday the company announced it was shutting down its sales structure and as well as announcing a total of $1bn in cost-reduction measures and the search for a new CEO. As it looks to the future, Biogen sets out five ...
Gamma Biosiences takes majority stake in Mirus Bio
WEBMay 21, 2021 · Gamma Biosciences has taken a controlling investment in Mirus Bio, an innovator and developer of biomimetic, cell-adaptive lipid-polymer nanocomplexes (LPNCs) for nucleic acid delivery based in Wisconsin in the US. Originally developed for therapeutic delivery of RNA, Mirus’ LPNCs have been adapted for a …
ExcellGene and Cytena team up to optimize workflows for mAb …
WEBMay 5, 2022 · ExcellGene SA, a Swiss biologics focused CDMO, has established a collaboration agreement with German biological cell instrument developer, Cytena. The companies intend to streamline cell line development workflows for monoclonal antibody (mAb) and complex therapeutic protein manufacturing. Headquartered in Monthey, Switzerland, and formed as a ...
Ardena ploughs €35m into sites to future proof CDMO services
WEBJul 15, 2021 · Ardena is investing €35m (US$41.3m) in expansion projects across its European operations. Headquartered in Belgium, the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) works across several sites in the Netherlands, Sweden and Latvia. It tends to assist small-to-mid sized biopharma with services spanning the full development life cycle.
Building a biotech hub: Switzerland focuses on mRNA, CGT and …
WEBSep 8, 2021 · There are 314 biotech companies in Switzerland: broken down into 251 developers and 63 suppliers. Swiss life science exports were valued at CHF 99.1bn ($108bn USD) in 2020 and accounted for 44% of total exports. The sector has grown by a factor of 4.5 since 2000, when life sciences accounted for 17% of …
US pharma hubs: The rising stars to watch
WEBMay 4, 2022 · US pharma hubs: The rising stars to watch. CPhI North America 2022 host city Philadelphia is set to become one of the world’s biggest cell and gene therapy manufacturing hubs. But it’s just one of many centers of innovation that are helping drive the US pharma and biopharma industry. The big four – San Diego, Philadelphia, San Francisco ...