For the on-demand virtual BPI Theater at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s annual convention, BioProcess Insider founding editor Dan Stanton conducted a series of interviews to discuss trends in biomanufacturing. Here, we summarize his conversation with Timothy Compton, chief commercial officer at Avid Bioservices. Having settled into its role as a dedicated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), Avid Bioservices is expanding. The company made several changes to its executive and sales teams after refocusing its mission in 2018, recruiting people…

For the on-demand virtual BPI Theater at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s annual convention, BioProcess Insider founding editor Dan Stanton conducted a series of interviews to discuss trends in biomanufacturing. Here, we summarize his conversation with Kevin Sharp, director of the Global Business Development Center for Samsung Biologics. The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled substantial changes across the biopharmaceutical industry. But Sharp reported that South Korean CDMO Samsung Biologics is weathering the storm. Samsung quickly joined the South Korean government’s efforts to…

For the on-demand virtual BPI Theater at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s annual convention, BioProcess Insider founding editor Dan Stanton conducted a series of interviews to discuss trends in biomanufacturing. Here, we summarize his conversations with Julien Meissonnier, vice president and chief scientific officer at Catalent Biologics. Contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) have scrambled lately to gain cell and gene therapy capabilities. That includes Catalent Biologics, which last year acquired Paragon Bioservices and MaSTherCell. Paragon offers expertise in manufacture of…