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Apceth bullish on manufacturing deal with bluebird bio

The German CDMO will operate as commercial manufacturer in Europe for Zynteglo, bluebird bio's first gene therapy to gain regulatory approval

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Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca launch functional genomics centre

The centre will be a dedicated resource for AstraZeneca and Cancer Research UK’s academics and alliance partners working at all stages of translational research

Oxford Nanopore gets cash injection

Biotech company Amgen has announced a £50m (US$66m) equity investment in the UK-based company developing real-time genetic sequencing technology

Fujifilm Diosynth opens UK cell culture process development labs

The new labs will support the Saturn mAb Platform cell culture Process Development activities, speeding development of monoclonal antibody therapies

New funds for UK Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult manufacturing centre

An extra £12m funding will double the current capacity of the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult manufacturing centre in Stevenage

TiGenix expands manufacturing facility

TiGenix obtains commercial production licence for expanded manufacturing facility, to provide the capacity for potential European commercial roll out of investigational stem cell therapy, Cx601; the expansion also secures manufacturing for other pipeline products

FDA warns US Stem Cell Clinic of significant deviations

The US regulatory body warned it will be stepping up enforcement actions against clinics that abuse the trust of patients or endanger their health with unsanitary conditions

CBMG and GE Healthcare China establish joint tech lab

Research and development collaboration to take place in Cellular Biomedicine GMP facilities

Thermo Fisher Scientific collaborates with UK Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

The company will help with manufacturing capability and distribution, logistics, and storage capacity

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CellGenix expands HQ to meet increasing demand for GMP cell culture reagents

Strong growth in cell and gene therapy is leading to increased demand for GMP-grade raw materials such as cytokines and serum-free media

G-CON delivers a custom built POD system to Lonza

The cleanroom POD system will be used for the manufacture of virally-modified cell therapy products in the US

Facilitating a revolution in medicine

The first-of-its-kind production facility for cell and gene therapy companies is being built in Stevenage, UK. Susan Birks spoke to CEO of The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Keith Thompson, about the design of this groundbreaking facility

Biostem Technologies buys new laboratory and headquarters

The facility is scheduled to be open by March 2016

Construction starts at Cell Therapy Catapult’s £55m cell and gene therapy manufacturing centre

Turf cut on new 7,200 square metre facility in Stevenage, UK

UK cell therapy GMP manufacturing capacity is increasing, finds survey

Number of facilities and highly skilled jobs rises

New £55m cell therapy manufacturing centre to be built in Stevenage, UK

Will open in 2017 and create up to 150 jobs
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Isolation technology for tissue regeneration laboratories

In the light of growing interest in regenerative therapies, Massimiliano Cesarini, Comecer Group, describes the redesign of a tissue regeneration lab to improve sterility and reduce production costs based on the use of isolation technology

Binder adds CO2 incubators to product line

First sterilisable CO2 sensor with IR technology

Opinion: Stem cell therapy makes an impact

Stem cell technology seemed but a twinkle in researchers’ eyes 20 years ago, but stem cell therapies have now become a reality

Telstar supplies safety cabinets to new biomedical research facility

Recently inaugurated research facility is one of five global hubs in the medtech sector

Progenitor Cell Therapy expands US facilities

Adds extra cleanroom space and a laboratory at Allendale, NJ and a cleanroom at Mountain View, CA

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