Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Daily Archives

Eppendorf invests €20m to expand German consumables plant

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The Eppendorf Group says the expansion of its site in northern Germany will increase production capacity for life science consumables by around 30%. Construction of two production halls at Eppendorf’s site in Oldenburg in Holstein are set to begin next year in efforts to increase the firm’s laboratory consumables’ volume. Julie Brahms, a spokesperson from the firm, told Bioprocess Insider the expansion represents an investment of about €20 million ($22 million) and – from 2021 when production begins – will…

October 1, 2019

Vector market moving in right direction: Shortage driving CDMO M&A

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Demand for viral vectors has emerged as a major M&A driver in the gene therapy CDMO space says an industry expert. Viral vectors are hollow viruses developers can fill with genetic material. When one of these vectors ‘infects’ a cell the genes inside are inserted and expressed as proteins. Vectors are vital for the production of gene therapies, including new products like Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec-rzy) and AveXis’ Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi). The problem is that, for the past few…

October 1, 2019