Pharmaceutical Technology Editors

The partnership will provide cost effective biologics for the world market.

The joint venture, named BacThera, will operate out of headquarters in Basel, Switzerland and will serve pre-clinical to Phase II projects, with the ability to expand to Phase III and commercial manufacturing in the future.

A global agreement with Polpharma Biologics gives Sandoz commercialization rights to a proposed biosimilar natalizumab for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

The awards recognize are judged on innovation, purpose and benefits to the audience, problem-solving, and competitive advantage.

AstraZeneca has confirmed that its triple combination therapy, Breztri Aerosphere, has met its primary endpoint in a Phase III clinical trial (ETHOS).

EMA issued its recommendations surrounding the dosing of methotrexate in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn’s disease.

The chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Sir Andrew Dillon, has announced he will be stepping down from his post at the end of March 2020.

Velabs Therapeutics announced it has deepened its cooperation with Chiome Biosciences to incorporate functional antibody screening as a result of a successful feasibility study.

Oval Medical Technologies (Oval) has revealed that it is relocating to a specifically designed facility in Cambridge Research Park in the United Kingdom as a result of growth.

BioCity has revealed it will be investing in Kinomica, an early-stage precision medicine biotech company that was spun out of Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London.

Alvotech and Prestige Biopharma, have announced the formation of a new contract manufacturing partnership for the commercial production of a biosimilar.

An editorial published in the British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) has formally stated the recommendation for any future studies, submitted for publication, should include sex as an experimental variable.

Medical researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney in Australia have managed to successfully develop and test a new vaccine targeting tuberculosis.

A collaboration between Insilico Biotechnology and IFAT aims to develop a manufacturing, planning, and control system for the production of monoclonal antibodies.

A new defined coated cell cultureware by denovoMATRIX allow for the serum-free expansion of mesenchymal stem cells.

Protagen Protein Services’ recently acquired Brucker Tensor II IR spectrometer significantly expands the company’s analytical capabilities.

The transaction will reach completion during the fourth quarter of 2019.

LBB Specialties and Meggle Excipients & Technology will work to distribute excipient products to companies in the American pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.

While downgrading the impact of nitrosamine impurities on patients, FDA vows to step up investigations for other drug types.

The partners will collaborate to identify the bioactive components in hydrolysates, which have long been used as additives in cell culture media and feed formulation in the biopharma industry.

iBio granted a license to CC-Pharming for the commercialization of its iBio Rituximab drug for treatment of B cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and autoimmune diseases.

GSK will handle the development, regulatory, commercialization activities, and costs of the drug, while Ionis will obtain license fees and milestone payments of up to $262 million, including a $25 million license fee.

A ruling in Oklahoma that Johnson & Johnson’s marketing efforts created a public nuisance may establish a precedent of other jurisdictions.

The new vaccine will offer protection against the Nipah virus after a single dose.

The supplemental new drug application seeks to add an indication for men with prostate cancer that has spread but is sensitive to hormone therapy.

The transaction is part of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s proposed acquisition of Celgene.

AstraZeneca announced that its therapy for the treatment of patients with heart failure, Farxiga (dapagliflozin), has met the DAPA-HF trial primary endpoint.

ABPI has issued a statement of support in response to the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s recent order of urgent action to boost the numbers of children receiving vaccinations.

Joint analysis from the EMA and the US FDA has shown that the regulatory bodies are highly aligned in the majority of marketing authorization decisions.

Innovate UK has awarded a grant worth thousands to the Atelerix Consortium for the collaborative work with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult and Rexgenero on development of cell stabilization technology.