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Nippon Express adds blockchain to global pharma supply networks

Nippon Express (NE) is in the process of developing pharmaceutical supply chain networks. NE says it will look to employ the digital technologies of IoT and blockchain to track logistics information end-to-end. This will seek to optimise supply chains for...

Kuehne+Nagel Air Logistics invests in global vaccine distribution network

With the opening of airside pharma & healthcare hubs in Brussels, Belgium, and Johannesburg, South Africa, Kuehne+Nagel adds two strategic elements to its global GxP-certified network of temperature-controlled facilities for the distribution of vaccines and other pharma & healthcare...

BioNTech to Acquire GMP Manufacturing Site to Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Production Capacity in First Half 2021

BioNTech SE announced the signing of a share purchase agreement with Novartis AG, Basel / Switzerland to acquire their GMP certified manufacturing facility in Marburg, Germany. The manufacturing site will expand BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine production capacity by up to...

Lilly announces proof of concept data for neutralizing antibody LY-CoV555 in the COVID-19 outpatient setting

Eli Lilly and Company announced proof of concept data from an interim analysis of the BLAZE-1 clinical trial, showing a reduced rate of hospitalization for patients treated with LY-CoV555. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study evaluated LY-CoV555, a...

AstraZeneca acquires oral PCSK9 inhibitor programme from Dogma Therapeutics

AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with Dogma Therapeutics to acquire its preclinical oral PCSK9 inhibitor programme. The Company aims to take the programme forward into clinical development for dyslipidaemia, or abnormal amount of lipids in the blood, and...

Univercells Technologies introduces the NevoLine Upstream Platform

Univercells Technologies is introducing the new generation of the NevoLine biomanufacturing product family, the NevoLine Upstream platform. This high-performance, low-footprint upstream manufacturing platform is suitable for multiple viral applications to support the booming gene therapy market and offer a cost-effective...

Sorrento Receives US FDA Clearance to Proceed With Phase 1 Clinical Trial of STI-1499 Neutralizing Antibody in COVID-19 Positive Patients

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it received a study may proceed letter from the FDA for its phase 1 clinical trial for COVI-GUARD (STI-1499) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. As Sorrento previously announced, in preclinical studies, STI-1499 demonstrated 100% in vitro...

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