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Under an ongoing partnership with Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, Ginkgo Bioworks has achieved the first milestone in a project aimed at improving biologics production.

Merck and Ginkgo Bioworks’ Collaboration to Improve Biologics Manufacturing Has Reached Its First Milestone

Manufacturers of five autologous or matched allogenic cell therapy products have selected TrakCel's  IT platform, OCELLOS, to orchestrate the administration of these therapies, which are approved or expected to be approved in 2024.

TrakCel’s OCELLOS Platform Selected to Support Treatment Management of Five Upcoming Cell Therapy Products

In the collaboration, the new company, Oblenio Bio, has been granted an exclusive option to license LBL-051, a tri-specific T-cell engager antibody, from Leads Biolabs.

Oblenio Bio Created by Aditum Bio and Leads Biolabs to Develop Therapeutic Antibody for Treating Autoimmune Disorders

Synaffix, a Lonza company, has licensed its ADC technology to BigHat Biosciences to be combined with the latter's ML design platform to develop new ADCs

Synaffix, a Lonza Company, Collaborates with BigHat Biosciences on ADCs Designed Using Machine Learning

The partnership will use ViaNautis’ proprietary polyNaut technology platform to develop genetic medicines that can precisely target tissue types.

Lilly and ViaNautis Bio Partner on Development of Novel Therapeutics Delivering Genetic Cargo

The collaboration aims to advance clinical development of a Phase I drug candidate, MRT-6160, and to explore other therapeutic opportunities across multiple indications.

Novartis and Monte Rosa Therapeutics Form $2.1 Billion Global License Agreement for MGD-based Therapeutics

Merck will deploy Mestag’s proprietary RAFT platform to investigate the pathogenic role that fibroblasts play in inflammatory diseases.

Merck to Collaborate with Mestag Therapeutics in $1.9 Billion Deal to Identify Novel Targets for Inflammatory Diseases

Lonza signed a long-term supply agreement to manufacture CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel) for Vertex at its facility in Geleen, the Netherlands, and plans to expand manufacturing to Portsmouth, NH, in the United States.

Lonza and Vertex Enter Commercial Supply Agreement for CASGEVY, the Sickle Cell Disease Gene-Edited Cell Therapy

The completed acquisition of Morphic expands Lilly's immunology pipeline with Morphic's oral integrin therapies for treating inflammatory bowel disease.

Completion of $3.2 Billion Morphic Acquisition Expands Lilly’s IBD Portfolio

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, will gain CN201, a next-generation bispecific antibody, from Curon Biopharmaceutical in a  deal potentially worth up to $1.3 billion. 

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