Monday, August 2, 2021 Daily Archives

Ins & Outs: ‘CDMOs are now the leaders in the biomanufacturing space’

BioProcess Insider figuratively sat down with bioprocess veteran Roger Lias, as the new chief commercial officer of Vibalogics, to discuss his different experiences and predictions for the CDMO market. Lias has served in senior roles at Diosynth, Lonza, KBI Biopharma, Cytovance Biologics and Eden Biologics. More recently Lias served as chief executive officer at Avid Bioservices before joining Indian drugmaker Stelis Biopharma, where he was responsible for transitioning its manufacturing models. His latest career move takes him to US and…

BioNTech to develop mRNA-based malaria vaccine

BioNTech aims to develop the first vaccine for malaria using the same mRNA technology behind its COVID-19 success. BioNTech’s BNT162b2 became the first messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine to receive emergency use approval in December 2020. Now the German firm has launched its Malaria project, which aims to produce a successful malaria vaccine and create sustainable production and supply in Africa. According to the firm, it will evaluate various vaccine candidates that feature known malaria trargets such as the circumsporozoite protein…