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Roche has announced that it will invest $50 billion in existing and new research and development (R&D) and manufacturing  facilities in its pharmaceuticals and diagnostics operations in the US in…

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, a CDMO of biologics and advanced therapies, has entered a 10-year manufacturing supply agreement, valued at over $3 billion, with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, a Tarrytown, New York-based bio/pharmaceutical…

PCI Pharma Services, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based CDMO, has agreed to acquire the entire equity stake in Ajinomoto Althea, a San Diego, California-based sterile fill–finish CDMO and 100% subsidiary of the…

The latest from CDMOs, CMOs, and suppliers featuring Phlow, Evotec and Eversana.   Chemicals/Chemical API Manufacturing * Phlow Expands Analytical Capabilities, Advances AI in Mfg General * Evotec Provides Update to Strategic Plan * Eversana…

A roundup of manufacturing news from Bayer and Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Highlights below.  * Bayer Opens $44-M Packaging, Logistics Expansion for Consumer Healthcare Products * Ferring Pharmaceuticals Opens Gene-Therapy Mfg Site  Bayer Opens…

A roundup of news from Jazz Pharmaceuticals/Chimerix, Genentech/Repertoire, Galapagos, and Asahi Kasei. Highlights below.   M&A News * Jazz Pharmaceuticals Completes $935-M Acquisition of Chimerix Partnering News * Genentech, Repertoire in $765-M Autoimmune Disease…

The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), a US legislative commission, issued a report last week (April 8, 2025) that outlined an action plan for improving US competitiveness in…

Kyowa Kirin, a Tokyo-based bio/pharmaceutical company, has completed the construction of a new JPY 16.8-billion ($118-million) biologics drug-substance manufacturing facility at its site in Takasaki, Japan. The GMP facility will include…

The latest from CDMOs, CMOs, and suppliers featuring Lonza, Thermo Fisher, Schott, and Meribel Pharma Solutions. Chemicals/Chemical API Manufacturing* Lonza Joins Center for Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced CrystallizationBiologics Manufacturing* Thermo…

A roundup of bio/pharmaceutical partnering news from GSK/ABL Bio, Sanofi/Earendil Labs, Lilly/ Sangamo Therapeutics, Merck & Co./Cyprumed, and Boehringer Ingelheim/Cue Biopharma. Highlights below.   * GSK, ABL Bio in $2.85-Bn Bispecific…