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Biosimilar major Sandoz has started construction of an additional US$440m biosimilar facility near Ljubljana and it set to expand its investment footprint in Slovenia by US$1.1bn.

BioSpring GmbH has broken found for one of the world’s largest production facilities for pharmaceutical nucleic acid-based therapeutics. The new high-tech plant will significantly expand the company’s manufacturing capacity for RNA- and DNA-based active pharmaceutical ingredients, and will support Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)-compliant production for large-scale projects on behalf of BioSpring’s global partners.

With a 7.7% lead, the incoming Christian Democrat Chancellor Friedrich Merz has put the radical right-wing AfD in its place. Before forming a government in Germany, Merz emphasised that Germany wants to strengthen the EU’s self-sufficiency, although the role of biotechnology seems to be of secondary importance to him.

Rentschler Biopharma announces largest single investment in the higher double-digit range at its headquarters in Germany for construction of a new buffer media facility in Laupheim.

Biomanufacturers must balance the development of new therapeutic modalities and reduce manufacturing costs while maintaining environmental responsibility. Efforts are centred on improving process robustness and efficiency and creating more flexible manufacturing facilities that can accommodate diverse biopharmaceutical products.

If you want to successfully guard against future pandemics, you’re going to need a good plan – and the right kind of vaccine producers. WACKER and CordenPharma have been commissioned by the German government to prepare their mRNA vaccine production lines for a new pandemic.

Approvals for RNA-based drugs in the past decade. © IQVIA

With the opening of a production centRE for RNA vaccines and therapeutics, German CDMO Wacker Biotech is expanding its expertise in the field of RNA active ingredients.

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Single-use bioreactor technology offers a set of benefits compared to common glass or stainless-steel vessels, including reduced downtime between runs, minimal cleaning effort, or decreased cross-contamination risk. In that regard, BioBLU® Single-Use Bioreactors combine the benefits of single-use bioreactor technology with the reliable performance of conventional glass or stainless-steel bioreactors. Furthermore, using them together with a powerful bioprocess controller like the BioFlo® 320 enables precise cell culture parameter control and seamless process transition to up to 40 L of working volume.

Cellugy A/S

Danish industrial biotechnology startup Cellugy raises €4,9m with the ambition to replace petrochemicals in personal care products.

From left to right: Thomas Schmidt, co-founder and CEO at 21st.BIO, Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commia hundred other guests from the financial, political, and bio industrial sectors.ssion, and Per Falholt, co-founder and CSO at 21st.BIO, unveiled 21st.BIO’s pilot plant facility. © 21st.BIO A/S

Danish CDMO 21st.BIO A/S has unveiled a new pilot plant facility to accelerate scaling of biotech processes ranging from food and beverages, agriculture, biomaterials, and biopharma.