MedPharm To Expand Formulation-Development Lab Facility
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MedPharm, a Guildford, England-headquartered provider of formulation and development services for topical and transdermal products, has invested £1 million ($1.4 million) to expand its formulation-development laboratories at its UK headquarters.…
ABEC Completes Cleanroom for Single-Use Biomanufacturing
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ABEC, a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based engineering, equipment, and services provider, has completed its second cleanroom for single-use disposable container (DC) manufacturing. ABEC’s Bethlehem-based cleanroom has been fully operational since 2015, and…
LakePharma Launches Biomanufacturing Center
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LakePharma, a Belmont, California-based biologics company specializing in antibody and protein engineering, cell-line development, and protein production, has launched the LakePharma MicroBiomanufacturing Center in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The newly acquired 69,000-square-foot…
Former Celgene Executive’s Biotech Start-Up Celularity Raises $250 Million
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Celularity, a Warren, New Jersey-headquartered biopharmaceutical company developing therapies from allogeneic cells and tissues derived from the postpartum placenta, has raised $250 million in funding from several investors, including Celgene,…
BMS, Nektar Therapeutics in Cancer Drug Pact Worth up to $3.63 Billion
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, have partnered to develop and commercialize Nektar’s lead immuno-oncology drug candidate in combination with BMS’ immuno-oncology drugs, Opdivo (nivolumab) and Opdivo…