CDMO Recipharm Expands Capabilities in Israel
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Recipharm, a Jordbro, Sweden-based contract development and manufacturing organization, has partnered with Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development, a subsidiary of Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) in Jerusalem, Israel, to offer…

Cambrex Completes Pilot-Plant Expansion
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Cambrex, an East Rutherford, New Jersey-based contract manufacturer of small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), has completed a pilot-plant expansion at its facility in High Point, North Carolina with the installation…

FDA OKs Pfizer’s Biosimilar of Amgen’s Anemia Drug Epogen
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer’s Retacrit (epoetin alfa-epbx), a biosimilar to Amgen’s Epogen (epoetin alfa) and Johnson and Johnson’s Procrit/Eprex (epoetin alfa) for treating anemia.…

Gilead’s Kite Pharma Expands Cell-Therapy Facilities in US, EU
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Kite Pharma, Gilead Sciences’ cell-therapy subsidiary, has leased and purchased new facilities in the US and Europe to expand its cell-therapy manufacturing capabilities. Kite has leased a new facility in…

FDA Proposes Rule on Medical Product Classification, Combination Products
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a proposed rule to amend its regulations concerning the classification of products as biological products, devices, drugs, or combination products and…

Ecolab To Build Life Sciences Cleanroom Mfg Facility
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Ecolab, a Saint Paul, Minnesota-headquartered provider of water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services, has constructed a cleanroom manufacturing facility on its Greensboro, North Carolina campus to support the launch…

Agilent Expands Logistics Center for Genomics Products
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Agilent Technologies, a Santa Clara, California-headquartered service provider for life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, is breaking ground on a 15,000-square-foot expansion of the company’s logistics center in Cedar…

Catalent Biologics, Valerius Biopharma To Manufacture Specialty Biosimilars
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Catalent Pharma Solutions has agreed to collaborate with Valerius Biopharma AG, a Basel Switzerland-headquartered biopharmaceutical company focused on biosimilars, to develop and manufacture Valerius’ biosimilar products. Under the agreement, Catalent…

AGC Biologics, MacroGenics in Antibody Commercial Supply Pact
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AGC Biologics, a Bothell, Washington-headquartered contract development and manufacturing organization of biologics, reports on its commercial supply agreement with MacroGenics, a Rockville, Maryland-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, to manufacture margetuximab, a…

Evotec Licenses Platform to Carna Biosciences for Cancer Drug
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Evotec AG, a Hamburg, Germany-based drug discovery and development company, has formed a collaboration with Carna Biosciences, a Kobe, Japan-based biopharmaceutical company, to use Evotec’s INDiGO platform to develop Carna’s…