Thursday, July 15, 2021 Daily Archives

Ins & Outs: Ex-Genentech employees plead guilty to sharing trade secrets with competitors

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A former Genentech principal scientist and her husband face jail after pleading guilty to stealing corporate information and sharing it with fellow competitors. Meanwhile, JHL’s former CEO and COO plead not guilty. According to the suit, the story goes back to 2009 where Xanthe Lam and her husband, Allen Lam, conspired to commit stealing trade secret information from Genentech and passing the information to Taiwanese firm JHL Biotech (now Eden Biologics). The husband and wife duo stole confidential property, the…

July 15, 2021

SP doubles fill-finish capacity with Barcelona facility

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SP has opened a large-scale facility in Barcelona, Spain doubling its global manufacturing capacity for fill-finish services. SP Scientific Products (SP) said that in order to meet the increasing demand for fill-finish and lyophilization (freeze dryer) equipment, it has more than doubled its global manufacturing capacity. The new 4,000 meter Barcelona plant will be equipped to offer fill-finish services and SP is also upping its production headcount and restructuring its manufacturing processes. “This is a multi-million-euro investment including the new…

July 15, 2021

Rebranded AMRI on spending spree with LakePharma and Integrity buys

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A new name, the purchase of biomanufacturer LakePharma, and the addition of fill-finish firm Integrity Bio. All in a week’s work for Curia, the CDMO previously known as AMRI. Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) AMRI rebranded itself this week as Curia before announcing a double acquisition expected to boost its capacity and capabilities in the manufacturing services space. The first deal sees the CDMO acquire Integrity Bio, a privately held formulation and fill-finish organization headquartered in Camarillo, California. Financials…

July 15, 2021