Japan's Otsuka and Towa form strategic partnership in pharmaceutical manufacturing

Japan-based companies Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Towa Pharmaceutical Co. have entered into an agreement to establish ...

January 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Novartis to build 4th radioligand therapy facility in US, expanding $23 B investment

Novartis, a leading global innovative medicines company, has announced plans to build its fourth US radioligand therapy ...

January 13, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Chitose and Fujifilm Biosciences partner to drive global innovation and biopharma manufacturing

Japan-based Chitose Laboratory Corp. and Fujifilm Biosciences Inc. have announced a new strategic alliance that leverage...

December 22, 2025 | Monday | News
Menarini Asia-Pacific expands production facilities in Indonesia

Leading European biopharmaceutical company, Menarini Asia-Pacific, has announced the expansion of its export manufacturi...

December 4, 2025 | Thursday | News
Australia launches first clinical and commercial-scale viral vector manufacturing facility

Australia’s first and only clinical and commercial-scale viral vector Contract Development and Manufacturing Organ...

November 3, 2025 | Monday | News
Eli Lilly Commits Over $1.2 Billion to Expand Puerto Rico Manufacturing Hub

The project will modernize Lilly’s facilities in Carolina, generate over 1,100 new jobs across construction and op...

October 29, 2025 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca to increase investment of Virginia manufacturing facility to $4.5 B, creating 3,600 new jobs

AstraZeneca will invest $4.5 billion in its new manufacturing facility in Virginia, US, a proposed increase of $500 mill...

October 10, 2025 | Friday | News
Korea's Celltrion buys Eli Lilly plant in US for KRW 460 B

South Korea-based Celltrion has signed an agreement with Eli Lilly to acquire a biopharmaceutical drug substance (DS) ma...

September 30, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Catalent Opens New Global Headquarters in Tampa, Marking Strategic Expansion in Florida

Relocation reflects a strategic expansion in Florida alongside long-standing manufacturing facility in nearby ...

September 25, 2025 | Thursday | News
Advancing Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing with Flow Chemistry

Sustainable drug manufacturing is becoming increasingly vital in the global pharmaceutical industry, as drugmakers ...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Avantor Advances Bioprocessing and Sustainability to Power Asia-Pacific’s Healthcare Innovation

  Sharing his perspectives with BioSpectrum Asia, Narayana Rao Rapolu, Senior Vice President, Global Bioprocessing...

August 25, 2025 | Monday | News
Probio launches cGMP AAV manufacturing services at new Hopewell facility

ProBio, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in gene and cell therapy, ...

August 12, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Asahi Kasei expands Planova production with new spinning plant in Japan

Asahi Kasei Life Science, a division of diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei, has announced plans to construct a ...

July 29, 2025 | Tuesday | News
WuXi Biologics Singapore CRDMO hub to build world's largest modular biologics Drug Product (DP) facility

WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), announced const...

July 29, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher to acquire Sanofi’s steriles manufacturing site in US to produce critical medicines

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with Sanofi to enable additional...

July 17, 2025 | Thursday | News
Novo Nordisk invests RMB 800 M to expand manufacturing plant in China

Novo Nordisk has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TEDA Administrative Commission, agreeing to invest appr...

July 14, 2025 | Monday | News
Lonza leaders on manufacturing readiness: Meeting the cell and gene therapy challenge

Cell and gene therapies are reshaping the landscape of modern medicine—but bringing these transformative treatment...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | Opinion
Germany's Covestro launches production of medical-grade thermoplastic polyurethane in Taiwan

German firm Covestro has launched production of its new Desmopan® Rx medical-grade Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) ...

June 27, 2025 | Friday | News
CPHI & PMEC China unveils in Shanghai forging global pharma manufacturing and sourcing potential

CPHI & PMEC China kickstarted with a grandure cenremoney at Shanghai New International Expo Center convening the int...

June 24, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Shilpa Biologics targets global ADC partnerships as it prepares GMP facility launch at US BIO 2025

As the global antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) market expands — driven by both new therapeutic approvals and growing ...

June 20, 2025 | Friday | News
Andelyn Biosciences delivers gene therapy for ultra-rare NEDAMSS disease in record time using AAV Curator® platform

Andelyn Biosciences, Inc., a leading and patient-focused cell and gene therapy Contract Development and Manufacturing Or...

May 12, 2025 | Monday | News
President Trump announces the U.S. strategy to boost domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing and reduce regulatory barriers

President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to facilitate the restoration of a robust domestic manufacturing bas...

May 7, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Isolere Bio launches manufacturing-grade IsoTag™ AAV reagent

-Isolere Bio by Donaldson, an innovative bioprocessing technology provider, proudly announces the availability of its ma...

April 25, 2025 | Friday | News
AGC Biologics taps Thermo Scientific for 5,000 L DynaDrive SUBs at Yokohama site in Japan

AGC Biologics has announced a strategic decision about the large-scale single-use technology it will use at it...

April 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Shin-Etsu Chemical to invest ¥10 B in pharma cellulose biz in Japan and Europe

Shin-Etsu Chemical will make investments at two of its bases, the subsidiary SE Tylose GmbH & Co. KG (Wiesbaden...

April 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
LOTTE BIOLOGICS signs a strategic partnership agreement with Asimov

LOTTE BIOLOGICS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Asimov, a company headquartered in Boston, Massachus...

March 17, 2025 | Monday | News
Astellas and Yaskawa to establish joint venture in Japan focused on cell therapy manufacturing

Japan-headquartered Astellas Pharma Inc. and Yaskawa Electric Corporation have signed a definitive agreement t...

March 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
WuXi Biologics Successfully Passes Japan PMDA GMP Inspection Again

WuXi Biologics, a leading global contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Andelyn Biosciences Strengthens Gene Therapy Innovation with Expanded AAV Curator™ Platform

 Andelyn Biosciences, Inc., a leading and patient-focused cell and gene therapy Contract Development and Manufactur...

February 21, 2025 | Friday | News
“China and Asia are already the global leaders of Antibody-drug conjugates”

Chime Biologics has a vision to make biologics more accessible and affordable. How does this vision drive your day-to-da...

February 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Solvias opens CoE for biologics and cell & gene therapy in Research Triangle Park in US

Solvias, a global provider of chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) analytics, has announced the opening of its cu...

January 28, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Lonza expands capsule manufacturing capacity in India and China

Lonza, a global manufacturing partner to the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutraceutical markets, has announced capacity e...

January 8, 2025 | Wednesday | News
ACG expands global footprint with new capsule manufacturing facility in Thailand

ACG, a leading global supplier of integrated manufacturing solutions for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries...

December 20, 2024 | Friday | News
Saudi Arabia to boost local gene therapy manufacturing

The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, in collaboration with the Ministries of Investment and Health in Saudi A...

December 16, 2024 | Monday | News
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies unlocks new chapter of localisation in China

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT), recently held a localisation launch ceremony themed 'Unlocking a ...

November 15, 2024 | Friday | News
Japan's Otsuka Pharma & ICU Medical sign $200 M deal to create joint venture in North America for manufacturing IV solutions

US-based ICU Medical, Inc., a worldwide leader in the development, manufacture and sale of innovative medical devic...

November 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Avance Clinical’s CEO Yvonne Lungershausen on Expanding Footprint in Asia-Pacific: A Strategic Focus on South Korea’s Clinical Excellence

In a recent conversation with Ankit Kankar from BioSpectrum Asia, Yvonne Lungershausen, CEO of Avance Clinical, shared i...

November 11, 2024 | Monday | News
SABIC unveils ULTEM™ Resin manufacturing facility in Singapore to meet APAC demand

SABIC, a global diversified chemicals company, announced the official launch of its new $170 (S$220) million ULTEM&trade...

November 7, 2024 | Thursday | News
Moleac Announces New Exclusive Partnership with PT Ferron Par Pharmaceuticals for NeuroAiD II MLC901 in Indonesia

Moleac is excited to announce a significant milestone in the journey of NeuroAiD II MLC901, as PT Ferron Par Pharmaceuti...

October 22, 2024 | Tuesday | News
AST's GENiSYS® C Fill-Finish System Installed at Ascend's Alachua Facility to Boost Gene Therapy Production

 AST, a leading provider of flexible aseptic filling systems, has announced the placement of a next-generation ...

October 4, 2024 | Friday | News
SK pharmteco invests $260 M in Korea facility to expand global small molecule and peptide production

US-headquartered SK pharmteco, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has announced a majo...

October 1, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Korea launches Global Training Hub for Biomanufacturing Support Foundation

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW) and the Global Training Hub for Biomanufacturing Support Foundation (GTHB-SF),...

September 27, 2024 | Friday | News
Ascend Advanced Therapies Secures Multi-Million-Dollar Investment to Expand Global GMP Capacity

 Ascend Advanced Therapies (Ascend), a gene to GMP development partner, has confirmed multi-million-dollar investme...

September 25, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Addressing Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry

Industries with international operations face increasing vulnerability to supply chain disruptions. This risk is particu...

August 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Korean CDMO ST Pharm accelerates manufacturing of RNA-based vaccines therapeutics with Quantoom Biosciences

ST Pharm, a leading technology-driven RNA CDMO based in South Korea, and Belgium-based Quantoom Biosciences, a specialis...

August 20, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Andelyn Biosciences Expands AAV Curator™ Platform with Broad Institute's MyoAAV Plasmids

Andelyn Biosciences, Inc., a leading and patient-focused cell and gene therapy Contract Development and Manufacturing Or...

August 7, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Novo Nordisk and Bio Farma announce partnership for insulin production in Indonesia

Novo Nordisk Indonesia and Bio Farma have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in...

July 29, 2024 | Monday | News
Merck expands production capabilities for cell culture media with €6.6 M investment at Nantong site

Merck has announced the start of commercial production of its first GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant manufac...

July 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Eisai terminates ADC manufacturing pact with BMS

Japan-based pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co. has agreed to end its global strategic collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb...

July 3, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan's Bora Pharma buys US-based Emergent BioSolutions' manufacturing site for $30 M

US-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its drug product facility in Baltimo...

June 24, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan's Asahi Kasei to establish facility in US and launch plasmid DNA business

Asahi Kasei Medical's US subsidiary Bionova Scientific, a full-service biologics CDMO, has decided to launch a new busin...

June 4, 2024 | Tuesday | News
CPHI North America expanding Bioproduction focus for 2025

CPHI North America reports soaring attendance and palpable excitement on the show floor, as investment returns and biolo...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | News
WuXi AppTec breaks ground on new R&D and manufacturing site in Singapore

WuXi AppTec, a global company that provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services to enable companies ...

May 23, 2024 | Thursday | News
Victorian govt supports IDT to build Australia’s first commercial antibody drug conjugate manufacturing facility

IDT Australia has been awarded a Victoria State Government grant to part fund the establishment of Australia&rsq...

May 7, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Unleashing data’s potential in the pharmaceutical landscape

The life sciences industry is at a critical juncture in its digital transformation. Technological advancements including...

May 3, 2024 | Friday | Analysis
Ascend Advanced Therapies Acquires CMC Team and Facility in Florida from Beacon Therapeutics

 Ascend Advanced Therapies (Ascend), a total solutions gene therapy development partner, has acquired the CMC ...

April 9, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Celltrion picks Wood to expand Songdo biopharma manufacturing hub in South Korea

Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has been selected by leading biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion to ...

April 8, 2024 | Monday | News
Novo Nordisk invests ¥4 B in China for sterile preparation expansion project

Danish pharma firm Novo Nordisk has announced that it would invest approximately 4 billion yuan (¥) in Tianjin for a...

March 22, 2024 | Friday | News
WuXi Biologics to establish new CRDMO facility in Singapore

China's WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO), has brok...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Kyowa Kirin invests $200 M to build first North American pharma manufacturing operation

Kyowa Kirin has selected Lee County to build its first North American pharmaceutical manufacturing operation, creating...

March 11, 2024 | Monday | News
SK bioscience expands manufacturing facility in Korea for pneumococcal vaccine production

SK bioscience, South Korea-based vaccine and biotech company, has broken ground on a major expansion of its vaccine manu...

March 7, 2024 | Thursday | News
Australia's Telix Pharma buys radioisotope production technology firm ARTMS for $42.5 M

Australia-based Telix Pharmaceuticals has entered into an agreement to acquire radioisotope production technology firm A...

March 6, 2024 | Wednesday | News
ACROBiosystems launches initiative to support Cell and Gene manufacturers

ACROBiosystems, has announced a new corporate initiative to support ex vivo cell manufacturing and manufacturers of inno...

March 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
BioCina and NovaCina partners to accelerate global end-to-end biopharmaceutical manufacturing solutions

BioCina Pty Ltd., a global end-to-end biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO), and NovaCina...

February 28, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Samsung Biologics & LegoChem Biosciences in Korea team up for ADC development

South Korea-based Samsung Biologics, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has signed a p...

February 9, 2024 | Friday | News
Yiviva allies AstraZeneca to develop platforms, tools, and botanical therapeutics in China

Yiviva, a clinical-stage, platform biotechnology company developing systems biology medicines to treat aging-related dis...

February 8, 2024 | Thursday | News
National Resilience and Taiwan Bio-Manufacturing Corporation partners in Biomanufacturing Innovation

National Resilience, Inc. (Resilience), a technology-focused biomanufacturing company dedicated to broadening access to ...

February 5, 2024 | Monday | News
SGD Pharma Launches Type I Vials with Corning's Velocity® Coating

SGD Pharma, global market leader in molded glass primary packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, announces ...

February 5, 2024 | Monday | News
Korea's SK chemicals targets US medical packaging market with circular recycling solution

South Korea-based SK chemicals aims to enter the medical packaging market by unveiling a circular recycling solution at ...

February 2, 2024 | Friday | News
Taiwan's Bora Pharma acquires US-based Upsher-Smith for $210 M to fuel global expansion

Taiwan-based Bora Pharmaceuticals announced that its Board of Directors has approved the acquisition of Upsher-Smith L...

January 19, 2024 | Friday | News
MarkHerz and Polyplus Collaborate to Advance Cell and Gene Therapy Process Standards and Lower Costs

The teams will work to improve process efficiency leveraging Polyplus products and expertise with MarkHerz man...

December 19, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Fujifilm invests $200 M into cell therapy development and manufacturing capabilities in US

Japan-headquartered Fujifilm Corporation has announced the investment of $200 million in two subsidiaries to significant...

December 8, 2023 | Friday | News
Croda invests S$22 M in new pastillation facility to expand speciality chemicals manufacturing

Croda International Plc, the company that uses smart science to create high-performance ingredients and solutions cateri...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Strides Pharma sells Singapore manufacturing facility for $15 M

Indian firm Strides Pharma Science has announced that its step‐ down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global, S...

October 27, 2023 | Friday | News
WuXi unveils first vaccines CDMO site in China

WuXi Vaccines, a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) focused on vaccine discovery, develo...

September 27, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Univercells expands into the United States with new offices in Andover, MA

Univercells, a Belgian biotechnology company dedicated to ensuring that everyone has access to biologics everywhere in t...

September 27, 2023 | Wednesday | News
ST Pharm invests $110 M in new oligonucleotide facility in Korea

South Korea-based ST Pharm has successfully marked the completion of its groundbreaking ceremony, signaling a significan...

September 19, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Samsung Biologics expands oncology agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb

South Korea-based Samsung Biologics has announced a new agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) for large-scale manufa...

September 18, 2023 | Monday | News
Resilience & Lifera to develop biopharma manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia

US-based National Resilience, Inc., a technology-focused biomanufacturing company dedicated to broadening access to comp...

August 29, 2023 | Tuesday | News
PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference 2023 strives to optimize guidelines and practices

The PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference was held in Singapore on 15 and 16 August 2023. To achieve...

September 29, 2023 | Friday | Regulatory
Japanese govt injects $115 M to enhance mRNA manufacturing

US-based Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., has announced that ARCALIS Co., its manufacturing joint venture in Japan t...

August 16, 2023 | Wednesday | News
ABVC BioPharma to open new facility in Taiwan for manufacturing retinal surgery device

US-based ABVC BioPharma has received approval from the Science Park Administration in Taiwan to establish a pilot Good M...

August 7, 2023 | Monday | News
French firm Roquette buys Japan-based Qualicaps to reinforce global position in pharma industry

Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients, has announced an agreement to a...

July 31, 2023 | Monday | News
PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference to unravel in Singapore (August 15-16 )

The upcoming PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference is schedule for 15-16 August 2023 in Singapore to...

July 26, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
Avantor Singapore Hub expands to establish new cGMP manufacturing facility and QC lab

On 11 July, 2023, Avantor, Inc., a leading global provider of life sciences and advanced technology solutions, officiall...

July 11, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Merck invests € 70 M to expand reagent manufacturing in China

Merck, a leading science and technology company, is expanding production capacity for highly-purified reagents at its si...

July 5, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Korea's GC Biopharma to build plasma fractionation plant in Indonesia

GC Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has successfully obtained final approval from the Indonesian Min...

June 2, 2023 | Friday | News
China's WuXi Biologics to increase manufacturing capacity in Germany

China-headquartered WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organisation (CRD...

June 2, 2023 | Friday | News
Chugai to invest over ¥ 50 B to build new biomanufacturing facilities in Japan

Japan-based Chugai Pharmaceutical has announced its decision to construct a new bio active pharmaceutical ingredients (A...

June 1, 2023 | Thursday | News
Merck to open new Asia-Pacific Bioprocessing Centre in South Korea

US-based science and technology company, Merck has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Minis...

May 4, 2023 | Thursday | News
Nippon Express opens pharma logistics centre in US

MD Logistics, LLC, a group company of Japan-based Nippon Express Holdings, has opened Garner 2000 Pharmaceutical Lo...

April 21, 2023 | Friday | News
Takeda to invest ¥100 B in new facility for plasma-derived therapies in Japan

Takeda Pharmaceutical will invest approximately 100 billion yen (¥) to build a new manufacturing facility for plasma...

March 27, 2023 | Monday | News
GenScript expands footprint in Singapore to provide premium gene synthesis service

GenScript Biotech Corporation has announced the expansion of its Singapore facility to provide a premium gene synthesis ...

March 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Oliver Healthcare Packaging breaks ground on its largest facility in Malaysia

US-headquartered Oliver Healthcare Packaging has announced that it will establish a new manufacturing facility in the so...

February 21, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Strength in sustainability: Vetter wins gold in EcoVadis ranking

Vetter among the top five percent in the industry Result acknowledges strong sustainability commitment to the environ...

January 18, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Agilent invests $725 M to expand production of nucleic acid-based therapeutics

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that it is investing approximately $725 million to double manufacturing ca...

January 13, 2023 | Friday | News
Aurisco collaborates with Cytiva to build first Oligo FlexFactory in China

Aurisco, an innovative pharmaceutical company and CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organisation) in China, i...

January 9, 2023 | Monday | News
ASLAN Pharma, Thermo Fisher partner to manufacture atopic dermatitis drug

Singapore-based ASLAN Pharmaceuticals and Thermo Fisher Scientific have announced a partnership to manufacture a high co...

January 5, 2023 | Thursday | News
GeneQuantum and WuXi XDC to empower innovative bioconjugates development

China-based GeneQuantum Healthcare (GQ) and WuXi XDC, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing ...

December 28, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Fujifilm invests $188 M in new cell culture media manufacturing facility in US

Japan-based Fujifilm Corporation has announced a $188 million investment to establish a cell culture media manufacturing...

November 24, 2022 | Thursday | News

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