MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canadian Life Science unit of Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) announced today that it opened a new $317 million (€290) biosafety testing facility in Rockville, Maryland. The 23,000-square-meter facility houses biosafety testing, analytical development and cell banking manufacturing services. It consolidates labs currently spread across four buildings into one single facility. MilliporeSigma…

BD (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it entered into a collaboration with ten23 health to develop a new way to track prefillable syringes (PFS). ten23 health, a Swiss CDMO, offers drug development, filling and device assembly expertise to contribute to the product offering. It recently entered into a production collaboration with on-body drug delivery device maker…

SK Pharmteco announced that it expanded its small molecule and peptide production capabilities with a $260 million investment. The Rancho Cordova, California-based CDMO plans to construct a new state-of-the-art facility in Sejong, South Korea. It expects to begin operations at the new plant — the company’s fifth in South Korea — in late 2026. The…

Roche recently announced it opened its latest Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) Center in Basel Switzerland. The new facility is equipped with cutting-edge technologies and houses around 1,000 laboratory and office workspaces, according to the company. It is located at the company’s global headquarters and brings together teams of scientists and researchers to accelerate…

PCI Pharma Services announced that it’s investing more than $365 million in infrastructure to support assembly and packaging efforts. The investment supports the clinical- and commercial-scale final assembly and packaging of drug-device combination products utilizing advanced drug delivery systems, with an emphasis on injectable formats. PCI Pharma plans to put its investment toward new and…

Curium announced today that it opened a new facility in Petten, The Netherlands, to produce non-carrier added lutetium-177 (Lu-177). The Paris-based company expanded its capacity to meet the growing global demand for Lu-177 for the treatment of cancer patients. Using in-licensed technology from Turkey-based Eczacıbaşı-Monrol, the facility will initially include two production lines. Curium also…

Wheeler Bio announced today that it expanded its capabilities through the licensing of ATUM’s miFuc platform. ATUM designed miFuc for the expression of recombinant proteins containing afucosylated glycans. The technology supports the development of antibodies with a significant reduction in fucosylation without affecting product titer, cellular growth rates or incurring global glycan liabilities. ATUM’s proprietary…

Sanofi announced today that it’s shipping Beyfortus injection doses to the U.S. to ensure availability ahead of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season. The company shipped 50mg and 100mg injection doses of Beyfortus (nirsevimab-alip) to private healthcare providers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for its Vaccines for Children program. Sanofi expects the U.S.…

The API Innovation Center (APIIC) announced that it received $14 million in U.S. government funding to lead a pharmaceutical production project. The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Center for Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain (IBMSC) provided the funding for APIIC to lead the development and domestic production of three critical active pharmaceutical…

Evonik announced today that it opened a new facility for drying aqueous dispersions of EUDRAGIT polymers at its site in Darmstadt, Germany. The new, double-digit million-euro excipient manufacturing facility enables the Essen, Germany-based company to meet increasing demand from pharmaceutical customers for oral drug delivery solutions. EUDRAGIT polymers — polymethacrylates  — are suitable for use…