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5 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Celltrion is to develop laboratory tests that will enable physicians to identify when patients on an anti-TNF drug require a change of dose...
17 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Pfizer will invest more than $200 million in the development of the state-of-the-art facility that will enable the production of high-quality, complex biologics...
19 April 2016 | By Mandy Parrett, Editorial Assistant
Sanofi has announced plans to invest €300 million to expand its manufacturing and commercial capabilities at its site in Geel, Belgium.
In this publication Imperacer® case studies demonstrate the advantage of broad assay range combined with excellent sensitivity for several Biologics on their way from R&D to clinics...
23 March 2016 | By Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA & GlaxoSmithKline
As well as delving into secure data sharing, the speakers from BIOVIA and GSK will discuss implementing the BIOVIA Biological Registration solution. The speakers will highlight the importance of effective IP protection and improved decision-making through an integrated and collaborative platform...
Tecan has launched a fully automated affinity purification solution for the extraction of large biomolecules, such as proteins, antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates. This set-up takes advantage of the new Thermo Scientific™ MSIA™ Streptavidin EVO microcolumns, which have been specifically designed for use on Tecan’s proven Freedom EVO® platform. In combination…
22 October 2015 | By John Carpenter, University of Colorado / Amber Haynes, Fradkin KBI Biopharma / Christina Vessely, Biologics Consulting Group Inc.
Quantifying and sizing subvisible particles in biopharmaceutical products are crucial aspects of formulation development, stability studies, process development, product release and extended characterisation of the final drug product.
16 October 2015 | By CHI
Largest European Event for Biologics Returns to Lisbon from 2-6 November...
25 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The British Generic Manufacturers Association, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), and the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) have joined forces to welcome NHS England’s new publication “What is a biosimilar medicine?”.
UCB has announced that its joint bid with five other UK-based organisations has been selected as a recipient of the Government’s 2014 Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI), which will result in a £6.2 million grant to support the development of novel biologic treatments.
In Issue #1 2015: Regulatory Insight, Biologics, NIR in-depth focus, Raman in-depth focus, PAT, Drug Delivery, Microbiology Series and much more...
10 March 2015 | By Michael Weichel, Kristina Ellwanger, Ivica Fucek, Stefan H.J. Knackmuss, Erich Rajkovic, Uwe Reusch, Claudia Wall, and Eugene A. Zhukovsky, Affimed Therapeutics AG
The bi-specific antibody format is becoming the preferred antibody modality for current development projects in the pharmaceutical industry. This is due to an unsurpassed increase in functional activity relative to traditional mono-specific monoclonal antibodies, and a breakthrough in manufacturability enabled by novel designs. One such bi-specific format, the TandAb, produces…
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Lonza today announced a multi-year expansion of their existing biologics manufacturing agreement. The contract expansion will include the production of commercial quantities of a second Bristol-Myers Squibb biologic medicine at Lonza’s mammalian manufacturing facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Financial terms were not disclosed.
22 October 2012 | By Bahija Jallal, Executive Vice President, Research & Development, MedImmune
The first biologic drug – infliximab (Remicade) – was launched in 1998 with initial sales of USD 500 million per annum. By 2010, Reuters’ top 10 drugs by sales included five biologics (Remicade, Enbrel, Humira, Avastin and Humira) generating around USD 34 billion in revenue, including USD 7.4 billion from…
22 October 2012 | By Vinod B. Damodaran and Jessica M. Joslin, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University and Melissa M. Reynolds, Department of Chemistry and School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University
Biodegradable polymers comprise an important class of biomaterials due to their ability to satisfy short-term requirements for medical applications where a permanent implant is not required. However, current biodegradable polymers suffer from undesirable chemical properties that lead to improper elimination from the body and potentially toxic by-products. Additionally, medical polymers…
