Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Daily Archives

The Complete e-Book of Biosafety Testing

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Expect the expected. But plan for the unexpected. If your Biosafety Development takes a nose dive, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories’ team of regulatory experts and experienced scientists will help you land safely on two feet. Download The Complete e-Book of Biosafety Testing to learn more about our expertise in biologics raw materials, cell bank preparation, adventitious virus testing, viral clearance studies, next-generation sequencing, genetic stability testing, and more. This e-Book contains the following chapters: Mitigating Risk and Reducing Regulatory Scrutiny of…

December 12, 2018

MacroGenics clinical hold has no wider implications for bispecifics, say analysts

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The US FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on MacroGenics’ CD3 bispecific candidate MGD009 following reports of hepatic adverse events. On December 6, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent Maryland-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company MacroGenics a letter indicating that a partial clinical hold has been placed on its Phase I monotherapy study of MGD009 and a combination study of MGD009 and MGA012 (anti-PD-1). No new patients will be enrolled in either study until the partial hold is lifted…

December 12, 2018

Manufacturing shutdowns and idle capacity mar Avid’s Q2

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Business is up and proposal requests are increasing, but planned sequential maintenance shutdowns of both Avid’s manufacturing facilities hit the CDMO’s second quarter revenues. For the second quarter FY19, Avid Bioservices reported manufacturing revenue of $10.2 million (€9 million), down 20% on the same period last year. The firm – which became a pureplay contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in January 2018 – attributed the drop to planned sequential maintenance shutdowns of both its Californian production plants. The Franklin…

December 12, 2018