Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Daily Archives

BAT biotech using tobacco to make COVID-19 vaccine candidate

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British American Tobacco (BAT) will use its tobacco-based expression technology to make a not-for-profit vaccine candidate targeting the novel coronavirus. The vaccine candidate has been developed by Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), the wholly owned subsidiary of the Big Tobacco firm BAT. “KBP recently cloned a portion of the genetic sequence encoding the selected coronavirus antigen – a substance which induces an immune response in the body and the production of antibodies,†a BAT spokesperson told this publication. “This sequence was then…

April 7, 2020

Supporting Small and Virtual Companies for Clinical Trials

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SPONSORED   The virtual pharma business model has gradually become a popular alternative to traditional pharma. As an integrated service provider, Yourway offers the logistical support from study design to packaging needed by virtual and small companies entering into clinical trials. Yourway is a large organization that has flexible solutions embedded in our offering, and this nimbleness and agility help us to provide optimal solutions to virtual pharma companies. Virtual pharma companies are not bound to an organization’s internal, in-house service…

April 7, 2020

In-house advanced therapy production paves way for smaller facilities, expert

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Cell and gene facilities will get smaller according to an expert, who says automation and the vogue for in-house manufacturing will drive the change. Traditional biopharmaceutical manufacturing has relied on processes or platforms that can be used to make a range of products. For example, CHO-based expression systems are used to make many of the best-selling therapeutic proteins. While the specific processes differ for each product, the technologies and methods are common. The platform approach has influenced facility design. Most…

April 7, 2020