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UK manufacturing output expected to improve despite challenges
Output volumes for UK manufacturing fell in the three months to February 2024, yet it is expected to rise slightly in the next three months, research reports.
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WHO initiative to enhance biomanufacturing in LMICs
A new World Health Organization (WHO)-driven initiative aims to enhance bioproduction capabilities for biological products in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Overcoming challenges of continuous antibody manufacture
During monoclonal antibody (mAb) manufacture, continuous flowsheets could offer ~20 percent–40 percent cost of goods (COG) saving over the batch process, for instance, during low commercial demand, a paper suggests.
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Navigating the unique CMC challenges of oral anaerobic live biotherapeutics
Here, Chief Technical Officer, Mike Frodsham and Ryan Wilson, Head of Microbiome Services at SGS Quay Pharma, explore the chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) challenges of developing drug products containing live anaerobic bacterial strains, used for treatments such as microbiome therapeutics.
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How will automation shape deviation management in continuous bioprocessing?
A paper has proposed how advanced manufacturing process technologies such as integrated continuous bioprocesses (ICB) could impact the future of deviation detection and control.
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Construction of major radioligand therapy manufacturing site begins
The new site will be Europe's first industrial-scale pharmaceutical facility dedicated to the production of lead-212 based radioligand therapies.
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Key vaccine adjuvant biosynthesised
UK scientists have unlocked the potential of bioengineering vaccine adjuvants, based on a study of the molecule QS-21.
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Achieving optimal advanced process control in bioproduction
Model Predictive Control (MPC) “stands out as a beacon of advanced control” in continuous manufacturing, through its ability to enhance efficacy within bioproduction, research suggests.
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Boehringer plans €120m European manufacturing expansion
The manufacturing capacity for some of Boehringer Ingelheim’s medicines, in disease areas including mental health and cardio-renal-metabolic conditions, will benefit from the European facility expansion.
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Expanded Pluvicto production gets FDA go-ahead
Novartis has obtained US manufacturing authorisation for radioligand therapy PluvictoTM at its largest, state-of-the-art radioligand therapy facility.
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Elevating pharmaceutical manufacturing processes with real-time insights
(Bio)pharmaceutical manufacturing is changing considerably, with key innovations enabling companies to rethink R&D, manufacturing, quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA) operations. The spotlight is squarely on process analytical technology (PAT), which underpins the successful transition towards highly effective advanced manufacturing strategies. Martin Gadsby, Chairman of Optimal Industrial Technologies, looks at how this transformative approach…
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Novo Nordisk to expand French production facilities
Using an investment of more than €2.1 billion, a planned expansion at one of Novo Nordisk’s strategic production sites will include additions such as aseptic production and the extension of its Quality Control Laboratory.
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Fully instrumented 3D printed small-scale bioreactor developed
To support upstream bioprocess development, a study has demonstrated real-time monitoring of the growth phase in a 3D printed, single-use bioreactor.
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Single-use bioprocessing market to value $84.14bn by 2032
In the single-use bioprocessing market, research states that automation offers benefits such as process control in biopharma manufacturing.
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Sandoz mobilises critical medicine production in Europe
Alongside its new biosimilar facility, Sandoz’s new penicillin production process will help secure European-based antibiotic supply.
