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

The acquisition significantly expands Precision Medicine Group’s cell and gene therapy expertise.

The fill line will work to manufacture high-value APIs for drug product manufacturing to meet the needs of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 17,000 m2 facility will serve as a process development and manufacturing site for Chinese companies developing medicines as well as multinationals with manufacturing requirements in China.

The service uses Hovione’s Intelligent PROprietary Screening methodology to screen for combinations of polymers, drug loads, surfactants, and solvents with an advanced computational tool.

CMIC will work to advance decentralized trials in Japan.

Acorda’s Chelsea, MA facility will serve as a global center of excellence in the Catalent network for spray-dried dispersion and dry powder encapsulation and packaging.

Under the terms of the agreement, operations will be initiated at Lonza’s Houston, TX Center of Excellence where Lonza will handle process development activities for late-clinical and commercial-scale GMP manufacturing of the cell therapy.

A strategic separation is designed to enhance the value and growth of Paraxel’s contract research services and Calyx’s imaging businesses.

Baxter will provide commercial-scale manufacturing services at its Halle/Westfalen, Germany facility to prepare Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate for distribution in the United Kingdom and European markets.

The company plans to expand its global production capacity across six existing manufacturing facilities in Europe and the United States, as well as a new manufacturing facility in the US.

The company plans to deliver initial doses by mid-2021, and Australia will have the option to purchase up to 10 million additional doses through the agreement.

The European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorization to Moderna for its COVID-19 vaccine.

Evonik has closed its acquisition of the Lactel Absorbable Polymers product line from DURECT Corporation on Dec. 31, 2020.

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.

The transaction will include operations located at different Novasep sites, including its Pompey, France site and sites in the United States, China, and India.

The collaboration will utilize ViGeneron’s novel engineered AAV capsids, vgAAV, to transduce retinal cells with intravitreal injections for an undisclosed target.

The new facility, to be located in Boston, MA, will contain experimental and analytical equipment for viral vector and advanced therapy process development and will expand the CDMO’s manufacturing capacity.

Angelini will obtain an exclusive license to commercialize Arvelle’s investigational anti-seizure medication, cenobamate, in the European Union and other countries in the European Economic Area.

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%.

The companies have entered into an agreement to support the formulation and fill/finish of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine supply outside of the United States.

Honeywell will use Sparta’s expertise to introduce new QMS solutions for life sciences to its customer base.

Cytiva’s new facility in Shrewsbury, MA will make equipment such as single-use bioreactors.

The virtual manufacturer and distributor of specialty materials acquired the NY-based company, adding analytical and manufacturing expertise.

The UK company is investing £3 million in new instrumentation and equipment to strengthen its high-throughput screening and translational oncology service offerings.

A newly developed polymer, DynaShield, may have the capability to ensure global access for COVID-19 treatment and prevention.

The product represents a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration in a line of domestic pigs that may be used for human therapeutics.

The films are now available in three options of varying thickness for added protection against moisture and oxygen.

The company has formed an agreement with the Ministry of Health of Singapore to supply mRNA-1273, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, to the people of Singapore.

John Rim, the company’s former executive vice-president, has been named its new president and CEO.