“It’s important we maintain control over the process to ensure we are meeting the highest standards of quality,” says cell therapy developer Orca as it announces a 100,000 square-foot plant. Orca Bio’s lead product, the cell therapy Orca-T, is in Phase III clinical trials for several of the most prevalent blood cancers. As such, the firm is looking beyond its clinical manufacturing site in Sacramento, California and is constructing a 100,000 square-foot commercial facility nearby with the capacity to manufacture…
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MilliporeSigma continues SU expansion with €130m France investment
The facility in Molsheim, France will see increased capacity for the manufacturing of MilliporeSigma’s Mobius single-use assemblies and create 800 jobs. The €130 million ($131 million) investment, the largest ever in the 50-year history of the site, will significantly increase capacity for Mobius single-use products within the portfolio of Merck KGaA’s life sciences services business – known as MilliporeSigma in North America. “Molsheim is our largest Life Science campus in France. We have the expertise in-house and the space to…
Neukio Bio raises $50m for allogenic CAR-T therapies
Shanghai, China-based Neukio Biotherapeutics has completed a $50 million Series A-1 funding to support development of its cell therapy molecules, especially off-the-shelf allogenic CAR-T therapies. After raising $40 million in an Angel round last year, the company will use these latest funds to accelerate preclinical/clinical validation of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapy products, while also expanding its team and operations. This latest funding was led by CD Capital, with participation from Alwin Capital and Surplus Capital…