Bio/Pharma Business

Eli Lilly and Company has partnered with leading diabetes tech firms to offer app compatibility with insulin smart pens to streamline diabetes management with automated data collection.

Combating COVID-19 is bolstering efforts to limit patent protections on innovative medicines and vaccines.

The world of bio/pharma has been celebrating its achievements across a variety of categories in the latest rounds of awards.

Sartorius has expanded in the United Kingdom with the relocation to a new facility in Havant, Hampshire, for downstream processing equipment.

The ATMPS and Ori Biotech collaboration aims to improve visibility and reporting of cell and gene therapy manufacturing through a pre-integrated data solution.

Smart, accurate, science-based messaging is needed to advance bio/pharma science.

The White House’s American Jobs Plan includes investment in new technologies for rapid scale up of vaccine production, in expanded emergency production capacity and enhanced US infrastructure for biopreparedness, and in greater production onshore of APIs.

BIA and Clarivate have released data showing that UK biotech companies are set to experience another strong year for fundraising in 2021.

The need for added revenues to fund billion-dollar infrastructure improvements has fueled challenges to industry pricing practices.

The Federal Trade Commission is launching a broad review of drug-company mergers, with an eye to examining how such actions can harm competition in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Many biologic drug manufacturers encounter similiar challenges; precompetitive collaboration can help resolve these issues. Representatives of the IQ Consortium’s Biologics CMC Leadership Group describe efforts to address the safe handling of biologic drugs in closed-system transfer devices in healthcare settings and the need for phase-appropriate specifications.

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

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.

The acquisition strategically expands SPT Labtech’s offering in sample management for life sciences.

The acquisition will integrate drug substance, drug product, and clinical testing capabilities under Quotient.

PwC has teamed up with CPI on the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Center to strengthen the UK’s position in advanced medicines manufacturing.

Connecticut Innovations has launched a campaign to highlight the growing companies, top talent, cutting-edge research, and quality of life in Connecticut’s life sciences ecosystem.

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.

More work is needed to educate businesses on the value of innovation and the availability of funding.

Viewpoint: Mike Hennessy, Sr., founder and chairman of MJH Life Sciences, commends the leadership of the pharmaceutical industry in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Open communication and transparency coupled with technical expertise foster strong long-term manufacturing partnerships.

Although a necessity, companies must strike a critical balance between protecting innovations with IP and providing affordable access to medicines.

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.

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

Vendors are finding ways to address the increasingly complex analytical challenges in the biopharmaceutical industry to further biotherapeutic development.

Biopharma looks to deliver on COVID-19 vaccines and other promising therapies.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions, with continued support and industry resilience, the European bio/pharma outlook for 2021 is positive.