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New facility boosts UK’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing capacity

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On 10 March, the National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) opened a new Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) with the aim of improving the UK’s ability to develop and manufacture cell and gene therapies. This is important due to the UK’s currently limited short-scale manufacturing capacity.

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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of mRNA-based vaccines, and its influence has now extended to DNA-based shots as well, with Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D getting emergency use authorisation in India. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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Biovectra to Build First mRNA Vaccine and Drug Manufacturing Plant in Canada

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Canadian pharma and biotech contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Biovectra has announced plans for building one of the first state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine and biomanufacturing facilities in Canada. This left the country without production capabilities for large-scale manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Solving problems with harvest clarification using fibre-based chromatography

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It is a single-stage, single-use chromatographic purification solution designed for use in manufacturing recombinant protein therapeutics. It removes the need for centrifugation and depth filtration processes to purify proteins more efficiently, turning multiple stages into one. hiking interactions on Protein A capture column’.

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DNA DATA STORAGE: RESEARCH LANDSCAPE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

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DNA data storage involves encoding and decoding binary data to and from synthesized strands of DNA. DNA data storage is an innovative technology that works by encoding large digital data sequences of binary form (0s and 1s) into DNA sequences (Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C) and Thymine (T)). DNA Storage.

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

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Amidst growing global shortages of COVID-19 vaccine supplies, inaugural (by way of authorizations/approvals) COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer is addressing the issue by working to cut the manufacturing time of its vaccine by almost half. Related: Pharma Rivals Step Up to Assist with COVID-19 Vaccine Production. coli bacteria.

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Nedisertib by Merck for Neuroendocrine Tumors: Likelihood of Approval

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The drug candidate targets DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK). It is a new chemical entity. It was also under development for small cell lung cancer, rectal cancer and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Merck overview Merck, a subsidiary of E. Merck KG, is a science and technology company.