Manufacturing: Page 2


  • Image attribution tooltip
    Spencer Platt via Getty Images

    Pfizer to invest $120M, add jobs in Paxlovid production push

    After initially struggling to meet demand for Paxlovid, Pfizer is putting significant resources toward expanding an important manufacturing plant in Michigan.

    By June 7, 2022
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Permission granted by Stevanato Group
    Sponsored by Stevanato Group

    Why choosing the right primary container is crucial

    New mRNA technology: identifying the right drug containment solution is more important than ever.

    May 16, 2022
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Novartis

    Novartis suspends production of two radiopharmaceutical drugs over quality concerns

    Due to potential issues in manufacturing, the pharma is halting deliveries of two cancer drugs, Lutathera and Pluvicto, in the U.S. and Canada, a setback for a business in which the company has invested heavily.  

    By May 6, 2022
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Jacob Bell / BioPharma Dive

    Seagen to expand, add jobs with new cancer drug factory

    While some biotechs are restructuring amid a market downturn, SeaGen plans to add 200 positions through a large manufacturing plant that should be operational in 2024.

    By April 21, 2022
  • A photo of Gilead's cell therapy manufacturing facility in Frederick, Maryland
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of Gilead

    Gilead gets cell therapy boost with FDA clearance of Maryland factory

    The new site in Maryland will be used to produce Yescarta, which this month won an expanded approval that substantially widens its market.

    By April 19, 2022
  • A photo of Sanofi headquarters in Paris, France.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of Sanofi

    Sanofi API spinout takes step toward market listing

    French regulators have approved plans by Sanofi to list the new EUROAPI business on Euronext Paris beginning May 6.

    By April 1, 2022
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Novartis

    Novartis turns cell therapy skill into contract manufacturing deal

    In an unusual arrangement, the Swiss pharma will make Carisma Therapeutics' experimental cell therapy at its Morris Plains factory, part of its plans to build up a CMO business.

    By March 10, 2022
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Novo Nordisk

    Novo sees fast growth ahead of obesity drugs despite production hurdles

    The Danish drugmaker aims to triple sales of its weight loss treatments Wegovy and Saxenda by 2025. But first, Novo needs to resolve manufacturing constraints that have slowed the former drug's launch. 

    By March 4, 2022
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Jonathan Gardner / BioPharma Dive

    Atara sells cell therapy plant to Fujifilm for $100M

    The site, which specializes in manufacturing off-the-shelf immunotherapies, was once a key asset for Atara. New owner Fujifilm will still supply the biotech under a long-term agreement.

    By Jan. 27, 2022
  • Image attribution tooltip

    stock.adobe.com/LittleWolf1989 

    Sponsored by Nuvolo

    3 ways an IWMS can help streamline your manufacturing operations

    Manage, maintain and optimize all the tasks, duties and goals that fall under the umbrella of your workplace.

    Jan. 24, 2022
  • A photo of Merck & Co. and Ridgeback's molnupiravir being manufactured.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of Merck & Co.

    Generic manufacturers sign pact to supply Merck COVID pill to lower-income countries

    The licenses will help make molnupiravir available to people in more than 100 countries, giving public health authorities a needed tool despite the drug's limited effectiveness.

    By Jan. 20, 2022
  • Exterior building picture of the Merck KGaA Life Science site in Burlington, U.S.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of Merck KGaA

    German Merck buys manufacturer of key component in mRNA medicines

    Merck KGaA is buying Indianapolis-based Exelead, a specialist in the lipid nanoparticles used to ferry mRNA into the body, for $780 million in cash. 

    By Jan. 6, 2022
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Jeenah Moon via Getty Images

    Pfizer opens gene therapy plant in $800M North Carolina expansion

    The new facility cost nearly $70 million to build, and is part of a major push by the pharma giant to become a leader in genetic medicine manufacturing.

    By Kristin Jensen • Dec. 16, 2021
  • Glass vials of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Gabriel Kuchta via Getty Images

    Moderna cuts vaccine sales, delivery targets for 2021

    The biotech now expects to deliver between 700 million and 800 million doses this year, down from a previous forecast of 800 million to 1 billion.

    By Nov. 4, 2021
  • A photo of Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics' molnupiravir being manufactured.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of Merck & Co.

    Gates Foundation pledges $120M to bring Merck COVID-19 drug to lower-income countries

    Anticipating regulatory clearance of the pill, the group aims to speed access by investing in the manufacturing of generic versions of the drug.

    By Kristin Jensen • Oct. 20, 2021
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Permission granted by Vetter Pharma
    Sponsored by Vetter Pharma

    Emerging therapeutic oligonucleotides – analytical challenges accepted

    A relatively new class of parenteral drug products on the market - therapeutic oligonucleotides – poses new challenges to the pharmaceutical manufacturing process.

    By Alexandra H. Heussner, Ph. D., Laboratory Manager ASL, and Melanie Zerulla-Wernitz, Ph. D., Head of ASL, Development Service, Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG • Oct. 18, 2021
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Maddie Meyer via Getty Images

    Under pressure to share technology, Moderna to build vaccine factory in Africa

    The biotech company expects to make its coronavirus vaccine and mRNA shots for other diseases at the planned plant, into which it will invest $500 million.

    By Kristin Jensen • Oct. 7, 2021
  • A photo of the production process for Eli Lilly's bamlanivimab
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of Eli Lilly

    US stocks up on COVID-19 antibody drugs amid shortage concerns

    Deals with Regeneron and Eli Lilly will secure nearly 1.8 million additional doses of the companies' respective treatments over the next four months.

    By Sept. 15, 2021
  • Employees of CureVac work in a laboratory
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of CureVac

    CureVac scales back mRNA manufacturing for coronavirus vaccine

    The German biotech, which announced disappointing results for its shot in June, said the move was done in response to reduced demand. 

    By Shoshana Dubnow • Updated Sept. 15, 2021
  • Resilience will manufacture mRNA for Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine at its facility in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Courtesy of National Resilience; Business Wire

    Moderna expands mRNA vaccine supply in deal with new biotech producer

    The company has previously said it could make up to 3 billion vaccine doses in 2022, depending on how booster shots are authorized.

    By Shoshana Dubnow • Sept. 8, 2021
  • Image attribution tooltip
    Maddie Meyer via Getty Images

    Eyeing future outbreaks, Moderna partners with Canadian government on vaccine plant

    While Canada has already secured more COVID-19 vaccine doses than it needs, the factory to be built is geared toward combating future pandemics.

    By Aug. 10, 2021
  • An outside view of an Amgen building.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Amgen Inc.

    Amgen, expecting higher demand for its medicines, to build plant in North Carolina

    The biotech is also constructing a new factory in Ohio and, between the two, expects to investment nearly $1 billion over the next few years.

    By Kristin Jensen • Aug. 4, 2021
  • The historic Mylan plant in Morgantown, West Virginia.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Permission granted by Albert Haught

    A pharma merger's impact ripples across West Virginia as Viatris plant closes

    One of the country's oldest and largest drug manufacturing plants shut down Saturday, a consequence of the 2019 merger between Mylan and Pfizer's Upjohn unit. The impact will be felt by a West Virginia city for years to come.

    By Shoshana Dubnow • July 30, 2021
  • Bluebird preps for split by selling manufacturing plant to well-funded startup

    The startup manufacturing specialist National Resilience, which raised $800 million when it launched last year, will pay Bluebird $110 million for the North Carolina facility, bringing its North American network up to 10.

    By Kristin Jensen • July 29, 2021
  • The World Health Organization emblem of a snake symbol for medicine coiling around UN symbol.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Sean Gallup via Getty Images

    BioNTech, WHO hatch plan to bring mRNA vaccines to Africa

    Responding to criticism, the German biotech plans to develop a malaria shot and build manufacturing infrastructure on the continent. 

    By July 26, 2021