Merck & Co. To Build Biomanufacturing Plant in Ireland
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Merck & Co. is building a new biomanufacturing facility in Dublin, Ireland.  The facility will be constructed on an existing property owned by Merck & Co., the site of its…

Teva Faces Possible Delays on Migraine Drug Candidate Over Mfg Issues at Celltrion API Mfg Plant
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is facing possible delays for its migraine drug candidate, fremanezumab, following a Warning Letter issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Celltrion, an Incheon,…

AstraZeneca Resolves Mfg Issues for Potential Blockbuster Hyperkalemia Drug
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AstraZeneca has resolved manufacturing issues at its manufacturing facility in Coppell, Texas for its investigational drug, ZS-9 (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate), a drug for treating hyperkalemia (high potassium levels in the…

Charles River To Acquire CRO MPI Research
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Charles River Laboratories International, a Wilmington, Massachusetts-headquartered contract research organization (CRO), has agreed to acquire MPI Research, a Mattawan, Michigan-headquartered non-clinical contract research organization (CRO), for approximately $800 million. MPI…

Lonza Expands Cell-Culture Portfolio
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Lonza has launched a new product under its cell-culture product portfolio called the Quasi Vivo System. Lonza says the Quasi Vivo device consists of an interconnected fluidics system to create…

MilliporeSigma Launches Bioreactor Contamination Filters
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MilliporeSigma has launched its Viresolve Barrier capsule filters to reduce the risk of bioreactor contamination. Viresolve Barrier filters are designed to remove viruses, mycoplasma, and bacteria from cell-culture media. Viresolve…

Cytovance Biologics Completes First Batch in New Microbial Mfg Facility
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Cytovance Biologics, an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based biologics contract manufacturer, has completed its first batch in its new 1000-liter microbial manufacturing facility.  The 30,000-square foot facility houses a 14-liter fermentor, a…

ImmunoGen To Close Manufacturing Facility
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ImmunoGen, a Waltham, Massachuetts-based biopharmaceutical company, has shifted to an operating model that relies on external manufacturing and quality testing for drug substances and drug products for its development programs,…

Horizon Discovery in Biomfg Pact
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Horizon Discovery Group, a Cambridge, UK-headquartered gene-editing technology company, has signed a non-exclusive out-licensing agreement with an undisclosed US-based immuno-oncology therapeutics developer, for Horizon’s proprietary technologies to support the development…

CordenPharma Announces Revamped Executive Leadership Team
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CordenPharma has appointed Dr. Riku Heikki Rautsola as its new chief executive officer and president, Dr. Walter Kittl as its new chief operating officer, and Heiko Serwe as its new…