Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Brammer Bio, a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) specializing in cell and gene therapies (CGT). Valued at approximately $1.7 billion in cash, the transaction represents one of the most lucrative acquisitions of a cell and gene therapy CMO to date. [Read more…]
Cellectis Secures 82,000 Sq Ft Manufacturing Facility in Raleigh to Compliment Paris Facility
Cellectis, a leading French biopharmaceutic company, has signed a lease agreement for an 82,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Raleigh, North Carolina, to complement its existing 14,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Paris, France.
Located at 2500 – 2540 Sumner Boulevard in Raleigh, NC, the new USA facility is owned by Equus Capital Partners and will be used for clinical and commercial production of Cellectis’ leading allogeneic UCART products.
Importantly, the decision will combine the capabilities of Cellectis’ two facilities to advance its manufacturing processes and prepare for potential commercialization of its UCART products in the future. [Read more…]
PBKM (Famicord) May Acquire Esperite NV (Cryo-Save) Stem Cell Banking Business
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – 22 February 2019 — Esperite N.V. (Euronext: ESP) and Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych S.A. (WSE: PBKM) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the potential acquisition by PBKM of substantially all Cryo-Save’s business related to stem cell banking (the Proposed Acquisition). The Proposed Acquisition leverages the respective strengths and quality standards of the two publicly traded companies that are both leading in the stem cell banking sector. Cryo-Save is one of the largest and longest operating stem cell bank in Europe, in which store more than 330.000 umbilical cord blood samples and tissues. [Read more…]
Mogrify Raises $3.7M for Direct Cell Reprogramming and Appoints Dr. Disley CEO
Mogrify (Cell Mogrify Ltd) is a private biotechnology company has developed a direct cellular conversion technology to allow for the transformation (transmogrification) of any mature human cell type into any other – without going through a pluripotent stem cell- or progenitor cell-state. [Read more…]
Gilead Gets Notice of Compliance for Yescarta™ from Health Canada
Yescarta™ is positioned to join Kymriah™ as the second chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy to achieve regulatory approval in Canada, based on exciting news released this month from Gilead Sciences Canada. [Read more…]
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