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Clementia Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase 3 MOVE Trial
Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc.recently announced the early completion of patient enrollment in the MOVE Trial, Clementia’s registrational Phase 3 clinical study evaluating the safety and efficacy of palovarotene for the treatment of patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).
Nevakar & Endo Enter Exclusive Licensing Agreement for Multiple 505(b)(2) Injectable Products
Nevakar Inc. recently announced it entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Endo International plc’s subsidiary, Endo Ventures Limited, for the development of five differentiated, sterile injectable products in the US and Canada.
Credence MedSystems Closes $12.8-Million Financing to Support Ongoing Development & Scaling of Innovative Delivery Products
Credence MedSystems, Inc., an innovator in injectable drug delivery devices, recently announced the closing of a Series B financing resulting in gross proceeds to the company of $12.8 million.
Avalon GloboCare Forms Strategic Partnership With Weill Cornell Medical College to Co-develop Technologies & Bio-production of CAR-T Therapy
This strategic partnership aims to co-develop bio-production and standardization procedures in procurement, storage, processing, clinical study protocols, and bio-banking for Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T therapy, in accordance with the Foundation of Accreditation for Cellular Therapy (FACT) and American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) standards.
Croda Invests in SiSaf’s Novel Bio-Courier Technology
Croda International Plc and SiSaf Ltd recently announced an exciting new strategic partnership. Croda, the name behind high-performance ingredients and technologies that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere, has agreed a commercial arrangement with SiSaf, a pioneering UK-based biopharmaceutical company.
Microfluidic Modulation Spectroscopy (MMS) For Protein Therapeutic Drug Analysis
Automated, high sensitivity spectroscopic analyses for the development, formulation and manufacture of biotherapeutics are now available thanks to RedShiftBio’s new AQS3pro protein characterization platform. The system is based on Microfluidic Modulation Spectroscopy (MMS) technology. Read this application note to learn about how MMS characterizes higher order protein structures, the mechanisms of protein stability, aggregation, protein similarity and quantitation.
ABITEC Corporation & DKSH Announce Specialty Lipid Distribution Agreement
ABITEC Corporation, a global manufacturer of specialty lipids, has executed a multi-year agreement with distribution partner DKSH to market and sell its ingredients into select…
Integrated Partnerships Paired With Innovative Approaches Are a Key to Success
As we come to learn more about the human body, the dynamics of the industry must react accordingly. A primary example of this is the fact that the dominating blockbuster drug model that was paramount in the industry until a couple of years ago is no longer valid……
Pfenex Receives Milestone From Merck
Pfenex Inc. recently announced the receipt of a milestone payment from Merck associated with the initiation of the first Phase 3 clinical study of (V114), an investigational polyvalent conjugate vaccine for the prevention of pneumococcal disease.
Immatics Enters Strategic Partnership With Genmab
Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH recently announced it has entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with Genmab A/S to develop next-generation, T-cell engaging bispecific immunotherapies targeting multiple cancer indications.
Gerresheimer Acquires Sensile Medical
With the acquisition of Sensile Medical AG, Switzerland under a recent share purchase agreement, Gerresheimer is extending its business model in the direction of an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for drug delivery platforms with digital and electronic capabilities for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical customers.
Biologic Excipients Market Expected to be Valued at $1.7 Billion by End of 2028
Future Market Insights (FMI) delivers key insights on the global biologic excipients market in its upcoming report titled Biologic Excipients Market: Global Industry Analysis 2013–2017 and Opportunity Assessment…
Lonza Launches New Bioscience Website
Lonza Bioscience is inviting visitors to explore its new dedicated website: bioscience.lonza.com.
Evonik Expands North American Contract Development & Manufacturing Capabilities for Advanced Injectables
Evonik recently announced a €35 million expansion of its contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) capabilities in North America to meet growing demand for controlled release injectable formulations. The expansion of the U.S. and Canadian facilities, which includes the installation of a new filling line, production facilities and analytical labs, will create more than 50 jobs.
Novacap to Expand its Pharmaceutical Offering in US With Major Acquisition
Novacap recently announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Boston-based PCI Synthesis, a leading US pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), further reinforcing Novacap’s capabilities and offering for the pharmaceutical industry.
Epinephrine Nasal Spray in Development for Treatment of Anaphylaxis Shows Promise as Potential Alternative to Intramuscular Injection
INSYS Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of pharmaceutical cannabinoids and spray technology, announced today that its investigational epinephrine nasal spray showed promise in an early clinical trial as a potential needle-free, non-invasive and easy-to-use alternative to intramuscular injection for the treatment of anaphylaxis.
Pfanstiehl Launched New cGMP-Produced Galactose for Cell Culture Media Optimization & Production of Therapeutic Recombinant Glycoproteins
As part of Pfanstiehl’s continual commitment to producing the industry’s highest purity, lowest endotoxin and lowest metals (HPLE-LM) for bioprocessing components, two new D-Galactose products have been launched.
FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics Licenses University of California – Irvine’s Technologies
FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc. (FCDI) recently announced it has entered into an exclusive patent license agreement with the University of California – Irvine (UCI) through its offices at UCI Applied Innovation to license and commercialize UCI’s technologies for derivation of microglia in the commercial research field and also a non-exclusive patent license agreement to commercialize microglia media formulation.
eFFECTOR Initiates Dosing of eFT508 in Phase 2 Expansion of Clinical Trial in Aggressive Form of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced that it has dosed the first patient in the Phase 2 expansion portion of its monotherapy trial of eFT508, the company’s oral, small molecule inhibitor of MNK1/2, for the treatment of relapsed, refractory non-germinal center B cell (non-GCB) diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Axovant Licenses Investigational Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease From Oxford BioMedica; Announces Key Leadership Team Addition
Axovant Sciences recently announced that it has licensed the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize OXB-102, now AXO-Lenti-PD, from Oxford BioMedica. AXO-Lenti-PD is an investigational gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease that delivers three genes encoding a critical set of enzymes required for dopamine synthesis in the brain.
