The need for medicines to combat COVID-19 has impacted the way regulatory agencies carry out their operations.

We have broken rules, invented new ones, and engineered stronger institutions and supply chains that will serve us better going forward.

CordenPharma will build a clinical trial development facility for manufacture of oral solid dosage drug products at its Plankstadt facility near Heidelberg, Germany.

Researchers from MIT have developed novel nanosensors for the detection of the nucleocapsid and spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Novozymes and Novo Nordisk Pharmatech are teaming up to develop best-in-class technical enzymes to support biopharmaceutical production processes.

BeiGene has acquired property in Hopewell, NJ to build a new manufacturing site and clinical R&D center for advanced new medicines.

Samsung Biologics, GreenLight Biosciences, and Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. have partnered to advance GreenLight’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

The companies are testing their existing vaccines against the new variant of concern and are pursuing variant-specific versions.

The Comirnaty vaccine received a positive opinion from the EMA’s CHMP for children five to under 12 years of age.

PathoQuest is the first French contract research organization (CRO) capable of offering GMP grade NGS-based testing services for quality control of biological drugs.

Donaldson Company's acquisition of Solaris Biotechnology is intended to expand their footprint in the life sciences market.

Flywheel's platform will aid Roche and Genentech in the aggregation and management of medical imaging data.

ACG plans to open a capsule manufacturing plant and R&D center in Aurangabad, India.

The study found that patients treated with BIMZELX (bimekizumab) achieved 50% or greater improvement in arthritis signs and symptoms relative to those treated with placebo.

Biogen received MHRA marketing authorization for VUMERITY (diroximel fumarate) for treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).

Benchling raised $100 million to expand in Europe and further develop it's cloud-based R&D platform.

AstraZeneca has unveiled its new facility, The Discovery Centre, which will be used to support the company's focus on precision and specialized medicines, and to foster industry collaboration.

Eppendorf has donated €20,000 (US$22,400) to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in support of the “Advancement of Women in Science” project.

The EC has granted marketing authorization for Gilead’s Trodelvy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

MilliporeSigma’s new ColorWheel flow cytometry portfolio is designed to create antibodies and dyes analogous to a primary conjugated antibody.

Takeda has exercised an option to co-develop and co-commercialize an investigational, brain-penetrant progranulin replacement therapy for the potential treatment of frontotemporal dementia-granulin.

United States government contracts total approximately $1 billion to purchase sotrovimab, an investigational mAb.

Speed to market, flexibility, and digitalization are important topics in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

Sartorius’ newly redesigned vacuum filtration units are designed to allow for faster and higher-capacity filtration while offering enhanced stability for sample processing.

FDA has amended its EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 booster to include all individuals aged 18 or older.

Novo Nordisk’s 3.3 billion acquisition of Dicerna gives them access to their RNAi technology.

Jordi Serrat, Product & Technology Director, Azbil Telstar talks about the role of disruptive and digital technologies in aseptic processing.

Secarna Pharmaceuticals and Achilles Therapeutics have entered into an agreement to optimize the development of T cell therapies in Achilles’ pipeline.