Welcome to this year’s focus on industry training programs. In the past three years we’ve brought this information to you in several forms: as a full supplement issue (2016), a featured report (2017) – and now this ebook. Each program that we’ve profiled offers its unique approach to training present and future biotechnologists. The best of the programs offer hands-on training with current equipment provided by supplier partners and with up-to-date approaches to documentation and regulatory requirements. Many university- and…
Friday, August 10, 2018 Daily Archives
Emergent: $270m PaxVax acquisition and Baltimore expansion boost CDMO biz
Emergent adds its first European biomanufacturing facility through the acquisition of vaccine maker PaxVax. Meanwhile in Baltimore, the firm has announced a $50 million fill/finish expansion. The US$270 million (€236 million) adds two vaccines approved by the US against cholera and typhoid fever to Emergent BioSolutions’ portfolio, along with several candidates including an Adenovirus 4/7 vaccine being developed for military personnel under contract with the US Department of Defense (DoD). The acquisition also brings Emergent its first biomanufacturing facility outside…