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News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

GenScript and Avectas look to improve non-viral cell therapy manufacturing

GenScript USA Inc. and Avectas, a cell engineering technology company, are partnering to develop an improved non-viral cell therapy manufacturing process. The two companies said they share a goal of providing their customers with new methods for developing cell therapies with an improved safety profile over viral and non-viral vector techniques. By combining Avectas’ cell […]

September 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

CGT Catapult begins VR training to help ensure future workforce needs

A first-of-its-kind pilot to provide augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) training to develop the knowledge and skills needed for a career in advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) development has been launched. The training will be done by the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult), in partnership with the University of Sheffield Advanced […]

September 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

Biologics manufacturing facility launched by Evotec SE in Toulouse

Construction of a biologics manufacturing facility commenced on Friday (September 16). It is being built by Evotec at its Campus Curie in Toulouse, is the second facility of its kind, and the first in Europe. It will use Just – Evotec Biologics’ flexible J.POD technology to deliver clinical and commercial manufacturing capacity for biologics. Therapeutic […]

September 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Startup Scout 15 Sep 2022

Adva Biotechnology is using artificial intelligence to manufacture cell therapies

The manufacturing of cell therapies is highly complex, often depending on skilled manual labor. The Israeli startup Adva Biotechnology aims to use automation, optical sensing and artificial intelligence to remove the manual component from the process. Cancer cell therapies such as CAR-T immunotherapies have demonstrated enormous potential for treating forms of blood cancer. Currently available […]

September 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Interview 12 Sep 2022

Orchestrating the evolving cell therapy supply chain

In a few decades, the cell and gene therapy sector has diversified into many complex technologies. Paul Viggers, chief commercial officer at the U.K. firm TrakCel, explains how the company’s platform can tackle the intricacies of developing cell and gene therapies. After cell and gene therapy funding smashed records in 2021, the emerging sector has […]

September 12, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 8 Sep 2022

Omnio receives funding for wound treatment

Swedish company Omnio AB has shown plasminogen is a pro-inflammatory regulator of inflammation that can be used to treat chronic wounds with dysfunctional inflammation. The company, a spin off from Umeå University, said the drug could mean a global treatment revolution for wounds that never heal. Non-healing chronic wounds are a major global health problem […]

September 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Opinion 6 Sep 2022

Meeting tech transfer challenges when manufacturing new biopharmaceuticals

With increasingly complex therapeutics arriving almost monthly, efficient technology transfer between biopharma and manufacturers is more important than ever. Ken Forman, senior director of product strategy at IDBS, explains how good digital strategies can avoid common pitfalls in the tech transfer process. Biopharmaceutical lifecycle management (BPLM) is the key to delivering novel therapies and lifesaving […]

September 6, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Interview 31 Aug 2022

How CDMOs keep pace with trends in advanced therapies

Advanced therapies including cell and gene therapies are exploding in demand, but the manufacturing process can be difficult. Jean-Christophe Hyvert, president of biologics and cell & gene at the CDMO Lonza, sheds light on the latest trends in advanced therapies and how manufacturers are keeping up. In 2021, global funding going to cell and gene […]

August 31, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 14 Jul 2022

GenScript ProBio enters strategic partnerships with two South Korean biotechs

GenScript ProBio, the CDMO segment of the leading biotech GenScript, has entered into a strategic partnership memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DAAN Bio Therapeutics for the discovery and development of novel drugs and with ACT Therapeutics to develop new CAR-T cell therapies. With offices located in the U.S., the Netherlands, China, Singapore and Japan, GenScript […]

July 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Omnia Ibrahim

News and Trends 13 Jul 2022

First aseptic filling line and facilities completed in Taiwan

The construction of a fully-automated aseptic filling line and facilities has been finished in Taiwan. Amaran Biotechnology Inc., a subsidiary of Taiwan’s OBI Pharma Inc., made the announcement that the new facility, a first for the country, minimizes the risks of human factors affecting the quality of pharmaceutical products, and enhances their safety. The project […]

July 13, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Continuous cell culture biomanufacturing

In Depth 1 Jul 2022

Continuous cell culture paves the way for better biomanufacturing

The development of continuous cell culture technologies is cutting the costs and resources required for biomanufacturing, benefiting biotech processes ranging from growing cultured meat to manufacturing drugs. The idea of replacing livestock with cell culture to produce meat could reduce animal cruelty, lower greenhouse gas emissions and would require far less land to produce equivalent […]

July 1, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat

News and Trends 23 Jun 2022

Antheia gets funding to build biomanufacturing plant

Antheia, a U.S. synthetic biology company enabling next-generation plant-inspired medicines, has announced $40 million in venture debt financing from Oxford Finance LLC and Silicon Valley Bank. The company also unveiled plans to construct a new pilot scale biomanufacturing facility. The financing will support Antheia’s expansion with a 14,700 square-foot pilot plant located next to Antheia’s […]

June 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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GenScript and Avectas look to improve non-viral cell therapy manufacturing

CGT Catapult begins VR training to help ensure future workforce needs

Biologics manufacturing facility launched by Evotec SE in Toulouse

Adva Biotechnology is using artificial intelligence to manufacture cell therapies

Orchestrating the evolving cell therapy supply chain

Omnio receives funding for wound treatment

Meeting tech transfer challenges when manufacturing new biopharmaceuticals

How CDMOs keep pace with trends in advanced therapies

GenScript ProBio enters strategic partnerships with two South Korean biotechs

First aseptic filling line and facilities completed in Taiwan

Continuous cell culture paves the way for better biomanufacturing

Antheia gets funding to build biomanufacturing plant

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