Pfizer has refused to comment on claims made by the Irish press it is investing €1 billion ($1 billion) in its Grange Castle biomanufacturing site. The 90-acre manufacturing site in Clondalkin in Dublin was opened in 2006 following a $2 billion investment by Wyeth (which Pfizer acquired in 2009). The site has benefitted from continual investments and expansion since, including a $40 million mRNA expansion to support the firm’s COVID-19 vaccine efforts. But now Pfizer could be ready to invest…
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Triumvira expands T cell manufacturing by setting up shop at AmplifyBio
Triumvira will expand its autologous T-cell manufacturing network by placing its staff and tech within AmplifyBio’s facilities in South San Francisco, California. Within the cell therapy space, an ongoing topic of debate is whether to build an inhouse manufacturing network or use a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO). But for Triumvira Immunologics, a third option has been exercised: a pact for Triumvira to manufacture its own cell therapy candidates within a facility in South San Francisco run by contract…
Zip lipped on sustainability but that doesn’t mean biomanufacturers aren’t working on it
According to industry experts at BWB, sustainability should be so ingrained in the industry’s everyday activities that firms should not have to shout about it. Sustainability is the hot topic of the moment and a continuous talking point in the biopharma industry. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) documents are published and sent out across the news wires, but more-often-than-not these are seen as box-ticking exercises or examples of ‘greenwashing.’  But last month, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) launched a sustainability program calling on its…
Danaher cites COVID ebb and bioprocess productivity for drop in orders
As a further sign of a post-COVID normalization in bioprocess demand, Danaher Corporation has reported a 20% drop in orders for Cytiva and Pall in Q3. Danaher Corporation does not break down its financials across its various business types, but speaking on its Q3 financial call the firm said its Biotechnology Group – the recently combined bioprocess offerings of Cytiva and Pall – had a strong quarter. Part of this is due to the continued demand for bioprocessing tools and…