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Vectura expands capabilities to develop highly potent inhaled drugs
14 Dec 2020
The expansion will enable the CDMO to widen the nature of inhaled drug development projects it can undertake for customers
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Catalent starts manufacture of Passage Bio's lead gene therapy products
7 Dec 2020
The CDMO will provide packaging, labeling and distribution services through its FastChain demand-led supply offering
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Lonza expands development and manufacturing capabilities at Bend site
30 Nov 2020
The company will invest in dedicated early-phase development and cGMP manufacturing to help customers rapidly advance challenging molecules
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AZ and Oxford COVID-19 vaccine brings end of pandemic a little closer
24 Nov 2020
AZD1222 is 90% effective, cheap to produce and easy to store, distribute and administer
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Alvotech and Yangtze River forge biosimilar deal for Chinese market
24 Nov 2020
The partnership will focus on commercializing eight biosimilar medicines in China for the domestic market
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Early trial results hail Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine as 94.5% effective
17 Nov 2020
Data also show that mRNA-1273 remains stable at 2–8°, the temperature of a standard home or medical refrigerator, for 30 days.
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European Commission wraps up CureVac COVID-19 vaccine supply deal
17 Nov 2020
Europeans set to benefit from the EC's authorization of COVID-19 candidate vaccine supply agreement, securing up to 405 million doses of CVnCoV
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Vibalogics establishes US presence with virotherapy facility in Boston
16 Nov 2020
The specialist CDMO's $150 million 3-year investment plan will provide a complete suite of virotherapy services to support drug developers and their most "revolutionary" products.
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Novasep to develop and manufacture Handl Therapeutics' gene therapy product
3 Nov 2020
The CDMO will supply drug substance and drug product to support Handl Therapeutics’ preclinical and clinical studies.
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Pill Connect secures £0.5m to take electronic smart pill bottle to commercial launch
3 Nov 2020
Device provides clinicians and trialists with comprehensive data on a patient's adherence pattern.
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Sanofi and GSK to support COVAX with 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
28 Oct 2020
The companies anticipate first results of Phase I/II in early December 2020, to support the initiation of a pivotal Phase III study before the end of the year.
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Russia submits Sputnik V emergency use and prequalification application to WHO
27 Oct 2020
The Russian Federation has become one of the first countries to apply to the WHO for prequalification of its vaccine, Sputnik V, against the novel coronavirus infection.
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