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Sana will be authorized to use the iPSC cell lines from FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics for the research and development, clinical and commercial manufacture, and commercialization, of the cell therapies derived from the lines.

Lonza will provide a manufacturing suite at its facility in Houston, TX, for the clinical and commercial production of AdCOVID, Altimmune’s single-dose intranasal vaccine candidate.

WuXi will produce SARS-CoV-2 s-proteins for BioVaxys’ COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BVX-0320, and for its Covid-T immunodiagnostic program.

This agreement enhances GSK’s investment in cell and gene therapy manufacturing in the UK for clinical trials.

Rokote Laboratories Finland, an academic spin-out located in Finland, is working to develop a nasal spray vaccine against COVID-19 based on research from the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland.

The companies intend to design and implement algorithms for the early stages of research for drug discovery and development of drug candidates to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

Through the partnership, Seven Bridges will centralize and manage terabytes of raw and processed scRNASeq data using its cloud-based bioinformatic analysis platform while working to expand Pfizer’s cloud platforms and capabilities.

The companies will integrate Welldoc’s digital insulin management solution, BlueStar, into Eli Lilly’s connected insulin solutions.

The companies have expanded their existing partnership to include 40 Million Doses of COVID-19 vaccine for South Korea.

The foundation will provide funding support for the discovery and development of a single-administration, in-vivo gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease, a hereditary blood disease.

4D pharma has signed a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck and Pfizer for Bavencio (avelumab).

Exscientia has formed a partnership with the ARUK-ODDI for the development of medicines targeting neuroinflammation to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

The cell therapy will be manufactured for each individual patient at BMS’ immunotherapy manufacturing facility in Bothell, WA, and will be launched across a network of treatment centers.

The companies will build capacity in Germany that will be ready in 2022 and are exploring options for increasing volume in 2021.

Through the agreement, AbbVie will use Caribou’s next-generation Cas12a CRISPR hybrid RNA–DNA genome editing and cell therapy technologies to develop two new CAR-T cell therapies.

The CGMP manufacturing agreement will expand production of lenzilumab, a candidate for COVID-19 therapy, to support a potential emergency use authorization filing.

As demand for COVID-19 vaccines increases, Big Pharma offers its manufacturing capacity and expertise.

The vaccine is 66% effective overall in preventing moderate to severe COVID-19 28 days after vaccination.

The vaccine met the primary endpoint with a vaccine efficacy of 89.3% in its Phase III trial in the United Kingdom and a vaccine efficacy of 49% in HIV-positive participants and 60% in HIV-negative participants in a South African Phase IIb trial.

Evozyne’s evolution-based protein design technology will be used to research and develop proteins that could be used in the next generation of gene therapies.

The company is discontinuing the development of its SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccine candidates, V590 and V591, to focus on advancing its two SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 therapeutic candidates, MK-4482 and MK-7110.

The drug offers immediate post-exposure protection against the virus and will serve as a counterpart to the vaccine during its early phases.

Through the acquisition, Thermo Fisher will have access to Mesa’s PCR-based rapid point-of-care testing platform for detecting infectious diseases.

This new agreement covers 1.25 million additional doses of the antibody cocktail containing casirivimab and imdevimab for the treatment of COVID-19.

The collaboration will focus on up to three types of lung and gastrointestinal cancers.

The first four investments of the new program will support clinical-stage biotechnology companies while new investments will include companies focused on oncology, rare disease, and inflammation and immunology.

Bayer will support the development and supply of CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV.

Intravacc and Cristal Therapeutics have entered into a strategic collaboration for the development of novel vaccine programs against human diseases.

Avacta Group has entered into a license agreement with POINT Biopharma, granting access to its pre|CISION technology for the development of tumor-activated radiopharmaceuticals.

Using rDNA technology to synthesize production of proteins and peptide hormones, the biotech startup has achieved synthetic production of insulin, potentially lowering insulin cost by 30%.