Kenneth Frazier will step down from his position as CEO of Merck & Co. and hand over to CFO Robert Davis. Meanwhile, there is high level changes following allegations of inappropriate behavior at Eli and Lilly. Frazier has been CEO of Merck & Co. (known as MSD outside North America) since 2011 and has worked at the firm for almost 30 years. Frazier reflected on the announcement during Merck’s Q4 financial report last week. “It has been a distinct honor…
Repligen and Navigo have launched an affinity resin specifically for the purification of COVID-19 vaccines. Last year, bioprocess technology firm Repligen teamed with protein engineering firm Navigo Proteins GmbH to develop an affinity ligand specifically for COVID-19 vaccines. Like many COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic efforts themselves, the collaboration plus speed of development have borne fruit with the firms launching the NGL COVID-19 Spike Protein Affinity Resin this week. While the handful of COVID-19 vaccines approved so far are not protein-based…