Manufacturing

Centrient started production at its new statins API manufacturing unit in Toansa, India.

Ilya Pharma has been granted approval by the Swedish Medical Product Agency and Swedish Ethical Review Authority for initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of its ILP100 gene therapy.

The US government will invest $3 billion from the American Rescue Plan into a COVID-19 antiviral development strategy.

Horiba has joined a consortium aimed at accelerating the development of process analytical technologies for cell and gene therapy manufacturing

Sanofi’s new Pennsylvania facility expands production of Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent flu vaccine.

Yposkesi is building its second commercial facility for cell and gene therapy manufacturing at its campus on Corbeil-Essonnes, France.

Optima has teamed up with the Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus and Heidelberg University to develop a unit for decentralized, automated production of CAR-T cell therapies.

Sterile manufacturing of small batches, in facilities including hospital compounding pharmacies and 503b outsourcing facilities, benefits from automation.

Automated systems help detect and resolve quality issues.

Innovations in glass and plastic syringes reduce waste and increase safety.

CPI has revealed an agreement with DFE Pharma, making it the latest partner of the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) collaboration.

The CGT Catapult has formed a consortium aimed at advancing the technology development and lowering costs of cell and gene therapy manufacturing.

Roambee has acquired Modum, a Swiss pharma last mile-focused cold chain monitoring player, expanding its cold chain visibility capabilities.

Boehringer Ingelheim has joined the Quantum Technology and Application Consortium (QUTAC) as a founding member.

New features of Syntegon’s GKF 60 capsule filler include a piezo dosing system, an Automated Process Development tool, and quick changeover to containment.

The vaccine is now authorized for ages 12 and older in European Union member states and the UK.

VIVEbiotech has opened its new lentiviral vector manufacturing facilities in Spain, expanding capacity for lentiviral vectors for use in cell and gene therapies.

AGC Biologics has partnered with BioNTech to further supply plasmid DNA starting material from its Heidelberg, Germany, facility for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

FDA has granted accelerated approval to Biogen for Aduhelm (aducanumab), a new mAb treatment for Alzheimer’ disease.

The Module Type Package standard is now supported in Emerson’s DCS and PLCs.

MedPharm’s new facility for process development and small-scale manufacturing is in North Carolina, near its existing R&D center.

Eight companies representing the pharmaceutical supply chain have joined a newly founded non-profit membership association, Alliance to Zero, aimed at facilitating the transition of the pharma sector to comply with net-zero emissions.

The Optima Group is expanding production capacities in Germany to meet with high demand for packaging and filling solutions.

The emergence of new biotherapeutics is both the driver and result of innovative drug development technologies.

In the present investigation, the fixed-dose combination (FDC) tablet of Atorvastatin calcium and Ezetimibe was prepared by a quality-by-design approach using two-level factorial design.