Tuesday, January 3, 2023 Daily Archives

Recipharm warns of fill/finish competition as COVID-19 vax demand dwindles

There is significant market demand for global sterile capacity says Recipharm. But as the need for COVID-19 vaccine filling decreases, competition between CDMOs will rise. Swedish contract development manufacturing organization (CDMO) Recipharm has made various investments across the globe to strengthen its fill-finish capabilities and capacity. In October, the firm scaled up its sterile filling capabilities by investing in Lab+ technology used for low volume blow-fill-seal (BFS) filling at its plant in Kaysersberg, France. Furthermore, the CDMO signed a Memorandum…

Kite and Arcellx partner to advance blood cancer cell therapy

Fresh from announcing its acquisition of Tmunity, Kite Pharma is buying a 50% stake in a cancer drug being developed by US biotech Arcellx. The Gilead unit will pay $225 million and cash and make a $100 million equity investment in Arcellx for a half share in CART-ddBCMA, a candidate treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Currently in Phase II clinical development, CART-ddBCMA is made of autologous T cells that have been modified using Arcellx’s novel D-Domain…