Deals, Development and Manufacturing

Boehringer Ingelheim will combine assets from its cancer immunology portfolio with the KISIMA immunization platform from AMAL Therapeutics.

Gilead Sciences gains rights to clinical and preclinical programs in Galapagos’ portfolio through a 10-year global research and development collaboration.

Lubrizol’s purchase intravascular and nonvascular devices developer Bavaria Medizin Technologie, extends its scope of services.

The Native Antigen Company has revealed its appointment of Biozol and Shanghai Bioleaf as its distributors in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and China

Amicus Therapeutics has entered into a strategic gene therapy development and manufacturing collaboration with Brammer Bio, which is a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Pfizer has successfully completed its acquisition of Therachon, a privately held clinical-stage biotechnology company.

Lonza Pharma & Biotech announced a binding contractual commitment for the purchase of a sterile drug product fill and finish facility.

The companies will join forces to develop new immuno-oncology therapies in a deal worth up to $470 million.

The companies will work to develop a liver tissue model for screening the toxicity of drugs.

Novavax will sell two Maryland-based vaccine development and manufacturing facilities for Catalent’s expanding gene therapy footprint.

In anticipation of the loss of patent exclusivity for Humira, AbbVie makes $63-billion move to acquire Allergan.

IVERIC bio and Catalent Biologics have entered into a strategic manufacturing agreement for gene therapy product candidates to treat orphan inherited retinal diseases.

Be The Match BioTherapies and TrakCel have announced a collaboration to provide integrated solutions for companies developing cell and gene therapies.

Biotech company Genmab signed an agreement with Johnson & Johson’s Janssen Biotech to develop a monoclonal antibody product using Genmab’s HexaBody technology.

The companies have signed a strategic multi-year manufacturing agreement for the future commercial production a late-phase investigational cell therapy.

Catalent will manufacture products for Bristol-Myers Squibb while adding sterile biologics fill/finish and oral solids manufacturing and packaging capacity.

Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is set to host an event in Darlington, UK, on June 26, 2019 to showcase the results of a £11.2-million (US$14.03-million) collaborative project to optimize biotherapeutic development.

GSK has revealed that it has entered into a five-year collaboration with the University of California to advance genomic research and improve drug discovery.

The acquisition will boost Merck’s pipeline for cancer, fibrosis, and autoimmune disease therapeutics.

The acquisition will boost Biogen’s gene-therapy pipeline with the addition of two mid- to late-stage clinical assets and preclinical programs.

Cambrex has announced the completion of its new facility at its Karlskoga site in Sweden that combines new laboratories for process and analytical development.

A new United Kingdom life-science asset, HIRANI, was launched at a reception at BIO in Philadelphia.

Biotage has announced a strategic collaboration with Shandong Yingsheng Biotechnology for the development of clinical MS applications in China.

ERS Genomics and Bioneer have revealed the signing of a license agreement for access to CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology intellectual property.

European midmarket private equity group, Duke Street, has agreed to acquire Kent Pharmaceuticals and Athlone Laboratories from DCC Vital.

CPI, has supported a project focused on developing and integrating novel recombinant prokaryotic lectins (RPLs) into a biosensor-based platform.

Big Pharma is partnering with Alphabet company, Verily, to modernize clinical trials and accelerate time-to-market for drugs.

Cannuba has announced that it is collaborating with an independent scientific body on drugs from the UK on the launch of a medical cannabis working group.

CDMO, Vibalogics, has revealed that it will be acquired by a private equity firm, Ampersand Capital Partners.

The company says it will work with payers to create payment options for its recently approved gene therapy, Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi), priced at $2.125 million.