Manufacturing, Gene Therapies

Pfizer is investing $500 million for the construction of a state-of-the-art gene therapy manufacturing facility in Sanford, NC.

The acquisition expands Eurofins Genomics’ gene portfolio while bolstering Blue Heron’s production capabilities.

Abcam has acquired the entire live cell line and lysates portfolio of gene-editing therapy developer, EdiGene.

Metabolic-disease biotech Amicus Therapeutics announced a manufacturing agreement with Catalent’s Paragon Gene Therapy unit for gene therapy manufacturing.

Research from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine offers insight into the source of asymmetry between nucleic acid hybrids.

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

Locate Bio has been granted additional investment to the tune of £2 million (US$2.6 million) for the expansion of its cell and gene therapy pipeline.

In collaboration with Pall Corportion, biotech company Freeline completed the first full-scale run at its newly commissioned, GMP gene-therapy manufacturing facility in the UK.

NJII and Pall collaborate to address biomanufacturing technology and workforce development challenges.

Belgium-based CDMO MaSTherCell will expand its European manufacturing capacity for cell and gene therapy products by setting up a new facility in Belgium.

Think ahead to production requirements when planning strategies in early development of gene and cell therapies.

The new facility, located at the company’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, is expected to meet all clinical and commercial development needs of the company’s lead gene therapy program.

The acquisition will establish a clinical pipeline for Biogen of gene-therapy candidates in ophthalmology.

AST will unveil its multi-format robotic filling system, the GENiSYS R, at INTERPHEX.

A multi-partner collaboration has been announced, which will target the acceleration of the development of automated microfluidic systems for rapid and high-throughput gene editing in mammalian cell lines.

The company will invest an additional $60 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Durham County, NC.

Janssen and MeiraGTx will collaborate on the development and commercialization of gene therapies for treating inherited retinal diseases.

Horizon and Rutgers University will partner to develop and commercialize new gene editing technology for therapeutic and research applications.

Cell and gene therapy platform company, Locate Bio, has announced that it is set to receive key patents for its IntraStem technology covering the United States and Europe

The companies will offer an IT platform that enhances the visibility and performance of the overall personalized medicine treatment process.

Agilent and other partners are funding development of Tapestri, a single-cell sequencing platform designed to help predict cancer relapse in individual patients and show the efficacy of gene-editing experiments.

A new facility in California will expand Orchard Therapeutic’s capacity to develop and deliver lentiviral vector and gene-corrected hematopoetic stem cells.

Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), Yposkesi, has entered into an agreement in principle with Axovant Sciences.

Moving forward with gene therapy development requires a “quantum leap” in manufacturing capabilities.

Improving the manufacturing of gene therapy vectors will be crucial to making advanced treatments accessible to more patients who need them, agreed panelists at the 2018 Galien Forum.

The company will collaborate with GlycoBac to offer an insect cell line for the development of viral vaccines and gene therapies.

The acquisition will strengthen Astellas Pharma’s position in ophthalmology.

The gene therapy company is expected to invest $55 million in a new manufacturing facility that will produce therapies for rare neurological genetic diseases.

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new method that could help increase the long-term effectiveness of gene therapy.