Noramco, SPI Pharma Partner in Formulation Development
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Noramco, a Wilmington, Delaware-headquartered producer of specialty active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and SPI Pharma, a Wilmington, Delaware-headquartered manufacturer and supplier of functional excipient platforms and the development and licensing of…

Thermo Fisher Scientific To Invest $50 Million To Expand Biomanufacturing
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Thermo Fisher Scientific is investing $50 million in its St. Louis, Missouri site, which is one of the company’s Centers of Excellence (COE) for Biological Commercial Manufacturing. The investment is…

Lonza, Synpromics Partner in Cell-Line Development
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Lonza has partnered with Synpromics, an Edinburgh, UK-based synthetic promoter and gene-control company, to further develop Synpromics’ inducible promoter system and improve manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals. The 18-month project has been…

Cambrex Completes Construction and Validation of $3.2-Million Analytical Lab
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Cambrex, an East Rutherford, New Jersey-based contract manufacturer of small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients, has completed the construction and validation of a new $3.2-million, 11,000-square-foot analytical laboratory at its High Point,…

Codexis, Porton Form Biocatalyst Pact
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Porton Pharma Solutions, a Chongqing, China-headquartered pharmaceutical contract services provider, has partnered with Codexis, a Redwood City, California-headquartered protein engineering and biocatalyst company, to use Codexis’ biocatalyst technology for Porton’s…

Pall, Artesyn Biosolutions in Single-Use Tech Pact
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Pall Corporation, a provider of filtration, separation, and purification products and services, has formed an agreement between its biotech business unit and Artesyn Biosolutions, a Waterford, Ireland-headquartered provider of single-use…

WuXi AppTec Opens Laboratory Testing Facility in NJ
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WuXi AppTec, a Shanghai, China-headquartered contract service provider, has opened an expanded laboratory testing division (LTD) facility in New Jersey. The new facility is expected to enhance WuXi’s integrated testing…

Bormioli Pharma Launches Packaging System for Drug Reconstitution
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Bormioli Pharma, a Fidenza, Italy-headquartered glass and plastic manufacturer, has launched a dual-chamber packaging system as a solution for unstable drug formulations.   AccuRec is a dual-chamber packaging system that lets…

Sanofi, Berkeley Lights in Cell-Line Development Pact
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Sanofi has purchased a platform from Berkeley Lights, an Emeryville, California-headquartered company developing platforms for biopharmaceutical processes, to accelerate its cell-line development process. Based on data from a pilot study,…

Biogen, Ionis Expand Neurological Disease Pact for $1 Billion
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Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, a Carlsbad, California-based pharmaceutical company, have expanded their collaboration through a new 10-year collaboration agreement to develop antisense drug candidates for a range of neurological diseases…