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High biologics demand spurs need for greater contract manufacturing

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With new drugs on the market, companies are now looking for ways to manufacture recently approved biologics, and countries are racing to claim their corner – or maintain their decades-old market share. There are fewer sites for cell and gene therapies and vaccines – 90 companies with 127 facilities, as per GlobalData figures.

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FDA $7bn plans for 2024: disclose contract manufacturers, restart Cancer Moonshot

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The US FDA has revealed its detailed budget proposal for FY2024, which would require pharma companies to name their active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) suppliers, restart President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, inject cash into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, and enforce stricter rules around manufacturing, recalls, and shortages.

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California’s low-cost insulin plans receive $100m manufacturing boost

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The state plans to work directly with a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) to manufacture low-cost insulin. The documents state that a partnership with a CMO would be cheaper than the state directly manufacturing insulin. Prices would be “a fraction of the $300 per vial prices charged by insulin manufacturers.”.

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Leading pharmaceutical solid dose (commercial dose) manufacturing companies in contract marketing

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Streamlined development, flexibility in manufacturing, and improved product quality at reduced costs, while gaining access to capabilities and capacity are some of the factors fuelling the pharmaceutical solid dosage contract manufacturing market. Growth of oral solid dosage contract manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Brazil: untapped market for big pharma manufacturing

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Only a limited number of international pharma companies, however, operate manufacturing sites in the country. Large Brazilian pharma companies already play a major role in distributing Covid-19 vaccines to all of Latin America. French and Italian manufacturers have two companies in Brazil.

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The rising importance of containment in small molecule drug development

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Many companies are now prioritising investments in containment systems, GlobalData research shows. Between 2018 and 2020, 58% of the small molecule API contract manufacturing sites purchased worldwide offered containment. But containment is not only important at commercial-stage manufacturing.

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UCB revs up its gene therapy drive with Handl acquisition

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UCB has made a new foray into the gene therapy space, buying fellow Belgium-based company Handl to get control of its adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid delivery platform and two research programmes in neurodegenerative diseases. The post UCB revs up its gene therapy drive with Handl acquisition appeared first on.