Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Daily Archives

Fresenius awaiting success before investing further in biosimilars

Having acquired a portfolio of biosimilar candidates in 2017, Fresenius Kabi says it needs “to earn the right to spend†further in the space through commercial sales. Fresenius Kabi entered the biosimilar space in 2017 through the €656 million ($645 million) acquisition of Merck KGaA’s pipeline and Swiss-based R&D staff. The total number of molecules in development have not been divulged, but Fresenius has said it is in the high single-digits and includes versions of AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab), Amgen’s Neulasta…

Orgenesis brings CDMO MasTherCell to US with Texas plant

Orgenesis has begun building a 30,000 square-foot cell and gene therapy manufacturing plant in Houston to be run by its CDMO subsidiary MasTherCell. Late last year, cell therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) MasTherCell essentially doubled its capacity through the opening of a 6,500 square foot wing at its site in Gosselies, Belgium. Now the firm is looking to bring its services to the US through the construction of a 30,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. According…