Bioproduction

February 4, 2019

Cell & Gene Therapy: Increasing Demand for Viral Vectors Drives Biomanufacturing Innovation & CDMO Investment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) offer an unprecedented opportunity to treat diseases for which existing interventions are inadequate, potentially offering cures for previously terminal illnesses. […]
April 12, 2018

Lonza Opens World’s Largest Cell & Gene Therapy Manufacturing Plant in Texas

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Swiss CDMO Lonza recently opened the world’s biggest manufacturing plant to produce custom viruses for use in cell and gene therapies. The facility, based in […]
March 8, 2018

Charles River Laboratories M&A Activity Analysis: A Differentiated Strategy Delivering Results

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] From its early days as one the first suppliers of animal models for research in 1947, Charles River Laboratories (CRL) has developed into a brand […]
February 22, 2018

Making Large-Scale Biomanufacturing More Efficient and Affordable: Have Novo Nordisk Foundation Made a Major Breakthrough?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Biosustainability recently published an exciting finding that could herald the beginning of utilising bioproduction for the large-scale manufacture of […]
January 23, 2018

Gene Therapy Manufacturing: An Impending Crisis or Temporary Growing Pains?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Food and Drug Administration recently announced the first ever approval of a directly administered gene therapy in the United States. Spark Therapeutics one-time gene therapy […]