Intarcia receives $140m Gates Foundation grant for needle-free HIV tech
The Gates Foundation has invested $140m in Intarcia Therapeutics Inc to develop the biotech’s needle-free delivery pump for use with an HIV prophylactic therapy.
Archives for January 4, 2017
Prokarium and Probiomed team to scale-up thermostable oral vaccine
The project funded by the UK and Mexican governments will look to prove the scalability of Prokarium’s oral vaccine platform, the firm says.
CrownBio expands into Louisiana primate research center with $1m facility
Crown Bioscience will invest $1m into a new subsidiary in Louisiana state to work alongside a new research facility at the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC).
Aptuit to conduct integrated discovery project as part of new agreement
Aptuit and Chiesi Farmaceutici have introduced an integrated discovery project to identify novel compounds to treat Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Fire at Sun Pharma API factory kills two
Late last week, a fire at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited’s Ahmednagar factory, which manufactures APIs, sent four employees to the hospital.
Data integrity and aseptic issues land Wockhardt with FDA warning
A Wockhardt facility in India put under import alert last year has received a US FDA warning letter citing issues ranging from data discrepancies to inappropriate aseptic clothing.
Synpromics to develop synthetic promotors for GE’s CHO platform
GE Healthcare hopes to increase the yield of biopharmaceuticals made using its Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) expression system through a partnership with synthetic biology firm Synpromics.