Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Daily Archives

COVID programs could commandeer CDMO capacity, warns industry group

CDMO advocacy group the PBOA says regulatory and end-user flexibility will be key in addressing bottlenecks caused by the pressing need for COVID-19 vaccine and therapy capacity. Industry’s rapid push to develop therapies and vaccines against COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has led to many announcing production deals with contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs). For example, Moderna Therapeutics, for its late-stage mRNA vaccine, has secured production capacity with Catalent and Lonza. Meanwhile, it is becoming increasingly hard to…