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Digital dilemma in UK’s life sciences job market

Pharmaceutical Technology

In this issue: Digital jobs in UK life sciences, generative AI changes drug discovery, and how robotics is impacting gene therapy manufacturing.

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CSL closes deal for UniQure gene therapy in hopeful sign for M&A

Bio Pharma Dive

Completion of the buyout eases concerns the arrangement might be held up by the FTC, which has signaled it will step up scrutiny of life sciences deals.

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Forge Biologics and Labcorp partner for gene therapies development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Forge Biologics and global life sciences company Labcorp have announced a strategic adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy development and manufacturing collaboration. This will improve accessibility to services for AAV-mediated gene therapy programmes.

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Sartorius upscales gene therapy prowess with $2.6bn Polyplus acquisition

Pharmaceutical Technology

The deal will see Polyplus join the German life science group’s portfolio allowing the latter to leverage expertise in transfection reagents and plasmid DNA for gene therapy. Polyplus, based in Strasbourg, France, produces key components in the production of viral vectors used in cell and gene therapies.

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Sarepta’s Gene Therapy Elevidys Under Scrutiny After Patient Death

XTalks

A 16-year-old patient died after treatment with Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), Sarepta Therapeutics gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Liver injury is a known risk with Elevidys and other gene therapies that use adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors. Sarepta is reviewing all available data.

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Forge Biologics joins BGTC for new AAV gene therapies development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Forge Biologics has joined the public-private collaboration, the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC), to expedite the development and manufacture of new AAV [adeno-associated virus] gene therapies to treat patients with rare diseases. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. The opening of this new facility plays into the UK government’s Life Sciences Industrial Strategy.