Novo obesity drug sales lag as manufacturing problems persist
Bio Pharma Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Manufacturing problems continue to weigh on Novo’s Wegovy launch as competition looms from Eli Lilly’s fast-selling diabetes medicine Mounjaro.
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Bio Pharma Dive
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Manufacturing problems continue to weigh on Novo’s Wegovy launch as competition looms from Eli Lilly’s fast-selling diabetes medicine Mounjaro.
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 28, 2024
China's virtual monopoly on the supply of many APIs could be dangerous for the security of medicine supply to Western countries.
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Bio Pharma Dive
JANUARY 18, 2024
Called Advanced Medicine Partners, the new company will offer specialized cell and gene therapy manufacturing services to biotech and pharma clients.
Bio Pharma Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The investment is meant to improve Novartis’ capacity for developing and manufacturing biologic medicines that make up a larger share of its pipeline.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 18, 2023
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published recommendations to increase communication and planning efforts in a bid stop the current medicine shortages becoming even worse. The EMA set up a task force in 2016 in light of issues concerning medicine availability and supply chain.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 10, 2023
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. Personalised medicines will also be developed at the centre.
Drug Patent Watch
DECEMBER 9, 2024
This intersection is where pharmacognosy meets drug patents, creating a unique landscape that shapes the future of medicine. Let’s embark on a journey to uncover the secrets of nature’s medicine cabinet and the legal frameworks that protect these discoveries.
Bio Pharma Dive
APRIL 22, 2024
The acquisition of a Nexus Pharmaceuticals facility in Wisconsin could help Lilly better meet demand for injectable medicines, like those it makes for diabetes and obesity.
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Eli Lilly has announced a $4.5bn investment to establish the Lilly Medicine Foundry for drug production and manufacturing medicines for clinical trials.
Drug Patent Watch
DECEMBER 10, 2024
The pharmaceutical industry has undergone significant changes over the past decade, with a growing trend towards outsourcing key aspects of research, development, and manufacturing to third-party vendors. The Rise of Integrated CDMOs The global biotechnology and pharmaceutical services outsourcing market size was valued at $70.48
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 7, 2022
But scientists have struggled to find effective treatments for many of these diseases since the dawn of modern medicine. But there are many challenges it will face along the way, such as how to manufacture these drugs in a reproducible, scalable, cost-effective, and safe way for patients. Securing the supply chain.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Eli Lilly has announced plans to expand its domestic medicine production in the US with four new pharmaceutical manufacturing sites.
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Automated Industrial Robotics have delivered a bespoke Just in Time PACE system to CPI’s new Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre.
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 24, 2023
Drastic steps need to be taken if the UK is to reverse a steep decline in medicines manufacturing in recent years, according to a cross-industry coalition. Over the same period, similar countries – including Ireland, France, and Germany – have been moving to boosting manufacturing productivity, output, and exports.
Bio Pharma Dive
JULY 11, 2022
Gavin Newsom announced a $100 million budget to create a production facility and to develop affordable insulin products, saying the medicines’ high cost “epitomizes market failures.”
Bio Pharma Dive
MAY 2, 2022
The regulator cited concerns around single-country trials in turning back Hutchmed's pancreatic cancer treatment, while manufacturing issues held up Junshi and Coherus' throat cancer medicine.
Bio Pharma Dive
JANUARY 6, 2022
Merck KGaA is buying Indianapolis-based Exelead, a specialist in the lipid nanoparticles used to ferry mRNA into the body, for $780 million in cash.
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 4, 2024
in funding for expanding critical medicine components manufacturing. National Resilience’s subsidiary Resilience Government Services has received around $17.5m
Pharma Times
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The two-year programme will use virtual reality technology to teach essential skills
Bio Pharma Dive
APRIL 2, 2025
Artis BioSolutions joins a host of startups trying to improve development and manufacturing capacity for cutting-edge gene and cell therapies.
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 5, 2024
For years, many manufacturers have assumed that pre-market physician education was not strictly necessary unless their brand was the first to market or had a novel mechanism of action. With the advent of precision medicine, however, ongoing disease state education has become increasingly critical.
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 18, 2023
Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has unveiled plans to invest $1.6bn in its two new manufacturing facilities located within the LEAP Innovation Park in Boone County, Indiana, US. The investment at the LEAP site marks the company’s biggest manufacturing investment at a single location to date.
Drug Patent Watch
JANUARY 23, 2025
With the rise of affordable healthcare initiatives and growing demand for quality medicines, emerging markets present a significant opportunity for generic drug manufacturers to expand their reach and improve access to life-saving treatments. However, generic drug development in emerging markets also presents several challenges.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
GenScript ProBio has announced a strategic collaboration with RVAC Medicines to manufacture GMP-grade plasmid DNA (pDNA) for the latter’s RVM-V001, an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine candidate. Under the agreement, GenScript ProBio will offer GMP plasmid manufacturing service for the RVM-V001 programme.
Bio Pharma Dive
DECEMBER 16, 2021
The new facility cost nearly $70 million to build, and is part of a major push by the pharma giant to become a leader in genetic medicine manufacturing.
AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog
AUGUST 8, 2024
Last week, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration added intravenous (IV) fluids to the growing list of medicines in short supply. The shortage is due to higher-than-expected demand and manufacturing issues. Two particular IV fluids are affected: saline and compound sodium lactate (also called Hartmann’s solution).
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 17, 2024
Upperton Pharma has received the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approval for its facility in Nottingham.
Pharma Mirror
AUGUST 30, 2022
Cytocentric cell manufacturing keeps the critical cell process parameters of temperature, CO2, and O2 at optimum physiologic levels over the entire production process, not just during incubation steps. The post Testing Facility Called “Game Changer” in Regenerative Medicine appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Genenta Science and AGC Biologics have signed a development and manufacturing service agreement (MSA). Under the deal, AGC Biologics will be responsible for manufacturing the cell therapy lentivirus-based product for the ongoing clinical programmes of Genenta Science.
Pharmaceutical Technology
DECEMBER 15, 2022
On November 16, 2022, Medicines for Europe (MFE), the generics and biosimilars body, called for EU and national reforms to improve the security of medicine supplies, including tackling the impact of inflation on the security of essential medicine supplies with smart procurement guidelines for medicine.
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Explore how investing in genomic medicine can unlock the true business potential in the manufacturing and therapeutic areas. Understand the promise and reality of this cutting-edge field.
Pharma Mirror
APRIL 18, 2023
Dudley, UK, April 18th 2023: Sterling Pharma Solutions, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation, today announced that it has been granted a Manufacturer’s Authorisation for Investigational Medicinal Products from the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
STAT News
APRIL 4, 2023
For the first time, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company is selling medicines made by a large drug manufacturer directly to consumers at a greatly reduced price, the latest sign that the billionaire is trying to make good on his vow to disrupt the opaque pharmaceutical supply chain.
STAT News
MARCH 15, 2023
Pfizer had the most drugs on the list of any manufacturer, with five. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will fine drugmakers who hiked prices faster than the rate of inflation on 27 medications administered in physicians’ offices, the agency said Wednesday.
Bio Pharma Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The life sciences investor has backed a number of startups working on technologies for delivering and manufacturing cell and gene medicines.
pharmaphorum
MARCH 15, 2024
Consortium led by Birmingham University unveils a centre of excellence for medicines manufacturing training using VR, to answer a UK skills shortage.
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 25, 2023
Forge Biologics has received a qualified person (QP) declaration to manufacture adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapies to support European clinical programmes. The company stated that a European QP has completed an in-depth audit at its manufacturing facility in Columbus, Ohio, US.
Bio Pharma Dive
APRIL 14, 2023
The drugmaker said it is working with the FDA to resolve the issues so it can launch the medicine, an ulcerative colitis treatment known as mirikizumab, “as soon as possible.”
Fierce Pharma
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Seeking to identify ways to improve the discovery and production of medicines, Amgen is expanding its partnership with tech giant Amazon.
pharmaphorum
APRIL 11, 2025
Novartis has announced a massive investment in manufacturing and R&D facilities in the US so it can make "100% of its key medicines" there
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 14, 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected Eli Lilly’s biologic licence application (BLA) for the ulcerative colitis (UC) drug mirikizumab over manufacturing concerns. No concerns related to the clinical data package, safety or the medicine label. The regulator has issued a complete response letter.
XTalks
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Canadian contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) OmniaBio has debuted its new state-of-the-art facility focused on cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing. Focused on advancing regenerative medicine, CCRM supports the development of cell and gene therapies, along with the associated enabling technologies.
Bio Pharma Dive
OCTOBER 2, 2024
With its latest investment, Lilly is looking toward medicines of the future and new methods to produce them.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 4, 2023
Forge Biologics and global life sciences company Labcorp have announced a strategic adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy development and manufacturing collaboration. In April 2023, Forge Biologics received a qualified person (QP) declaration for the manufacture of AAV gene therapies at its facility in Columbus, Ohio, US.
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