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Novo Nordisk is investing
DKK 120 million ($16.5 million) into Denmark’s new manufacturing learning center called Campus Kalundborg, which is envisioned to grow the local student population to 1,500 by 2030. The Novo Nordisk Foundation is also
investing
DKK 202 million ($27.9 million) for teaching and training resources until 2031. In total, more than DKK 320 million ($44 million) is being invested.
Telix Pharmaceuticals is
acquiring
a Californian research facility and its employees, a few early clinical-stage assets and biologics technology from antibody engineering company ImaginAb, according to a Monday release. No financial details were disclosed.
Telix is also taking control
of sales and marketing of its bone infection imaging asset, dubbed Scintimun, which it previously outlicensed to Curium Pharma, the company
said
Monday. Telix plans on researching Scintimun in combination with its Phase 2 bone marrow stem cell asset, called TLX66 (90Y-besilesomab). Curium will still manufacture Scintimun for Telix. Scintimun was EMA approved in January 2010.
Charles River Laboratories is
using
Akron Bio’s line of liquid cytokines in its cell therapy manufacturing platform, the companies said Thursday.
Cytiva and Cellular Origins
are
partnering
to combine their cell therapy manufacturing platforms, according to a Thursday release.
Isotope producer Nusano and Atley Solutions
are
partnering
to establish a commercial supply chain for the radioisotope Astatine-211, the companies announced Thursday.
ReciBioPharm, owned by CDMO Recipharm, has
secured
a three-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to distribute its manufacturing tech to low and middle-income countries, the company said Monday. The technology is used to scale up manufacturing of RNA-based medicines.
Emergent BioSolutions has
received
$16.7 million
from the Center for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to further develop and test its Zaire Ebola virus drug called Ebanga. This is its second contract option from BARDA; the
original 10-year contract
for Ebanga was signed in July 2023.
Diagnostic solutions company Sysmex America is planning to
build
a new manufacturing and distribution facility in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil, the company said Wednesday. Construction is expected to start in the second quarter of 2025.
Cell therapy CDMO BioCentriq is
partnering
with tech consultancy firm Orchestra Life Sciences, which will provide its manufacturing platform for BioCentriq’s new 60,000-square-foot Princeton, NJ facility. Orchestra will also help design the factory, according to a Tuesday release.
CDMO Kindeva Drug Delivery
and RNA vaccine tech company Emervax are
collaborating
to develop a new vaccine delivery method. Kindeva has given Emervax access to its microneedle vaccine patch, which Emervax will use with its RNA tech platform, according to a Jan. 9 press release.
Alcami Corporation CEO Bill Humphries has
stepped down
and will be replaced by Patrick Walsh who will serve as interim CEO, the company said Monday. Walsh has previously acted as CEO of Alcami twice and has been chairman of the board for the past four years.
International Isotopes is
expanding
its footprint by purchasing a 1.77-acre plot of land to build a 50,000-square-foot factory. Further, the company is leasing a new 8,600-square-foot building.
ITM Isotope Technologies Munich is
supplying
the radioisotope Actinium-225 to Ariceum Therapeutics for its radiopharma pipeline, including its lead asset called satoreotide which is being investigated for certain cancers, according to the Monday release.
Inhaler drugmaker Iconovo and Lonza
are
partnering
to develop a spray-dried formula for Iconovo’s nasal device dubbed ICOone Nasal. Lonza will develop the formulation at its Bend, OR, factory, according to the Monday release.