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Growing Demand for Oligonucleotides Proposes Shedload of Opportunities for Contract Manufacturers

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In the 20 th century, major research went into discovery of a therapeutic class with the primary purpose of interfering with the RNA expression linked to disease causing proteins, nowadays classified as oligonucleotides. Recent Activity in the Oligonucleotide Domain . LinkedIn: [link]. Twitter: [link]. Medium: [link].

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Novo Nordisk’s gene silencing alliance with Dicerna bears first fruit

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million – including $175 million upfront and an equity investment of $50 million – to find multiple RNA interference (RNAi) candidates for diseases like non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and type 2 diabetes. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk signed a deal with the US biotech in 2019 valued at up to $675.5

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Pfizer to Slash COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing Time by Almost 50 Percent

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The drugmaker is targeting various steps in the manufacturing process, beginning right at the DNA stage, which is required as the template from which the mRNA for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the vaccine is made. The USA Today got a peek into the process of making Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine and outlined the details in its report.

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GSK, Sanofi and Takeda join AI and robotics push for Singapore biomanufacturing

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The Singapore Government has launched Biologics Pharma Innovation Programme Singapore (BioPIPS), which aims to increase the country’s manufacturing capacity for biologics, including recombinant proteins and vaccines. Most of the approximately 30 contract manufacturing facilities in Singapore are foreign-owned.

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mRNA Synthesis: ManufacturingProcess of Modern Revolutionary Molecule

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Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) is a single-stranded molecule, which carries coding sequence and plays a prominent role in protein synthesis. It transfers genetic information form to DNA to ribosomes, a specialized structure, or organelle, which decodes genetic information into a protein.

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Shot of a Lifetime: How Two Pfizer Manufacturing Plants Upscaled to Produce the COVID-19 Vaccine in Record Time

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In separate countries, joined by a common purpose, they worked to formulate lipid nanoparticles - a notoriously tricky process - that would protect and guide the mRNA, which programs cells to produce antibodies to fight off COVID-19 by introducing a protein found on the surface of the virus.

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Beyond Batch: The Transformative Force of Continuous Manufacturing

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Presently, close to 60 manufacturers have adopted end to end continuous manufacturing and semi-continuous manufacturing process for various types of biologics, including antibodies, enzymes, proteins / peptides, vaccines and viral vectors.