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Eli Lilly Plans $4.5B Medicine Foundry to Foster Innovations in Drug Manufacturing

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Lilly Medicine Foundry will research new ways to manufacture medicines. Eli Lilly says in addition to supporting the manufacturing of drugs for clinical trials, manufacturing innovations from the site will be transferred to the company’s other facilities for use in full-scale drug production.

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Halozyme Pulls €2B Acquisition Bid as Evotec Commits to Standalone Strategy

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Halozyme views its drug delivery technology for biologic medicines as complementary to Evotec’s biologic drug manufacturing capabilities. But according to Halozyme, Evotec was unwilling to engage in any merger discussions.

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Amgen expands pact with Amazon to usher drug manufacturing into the AI era

Fierce Pharma

Seeking to identify ways to improve the discovery and production of medicines, Amgen is expanding its partnership with tech giant Amazon.

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Texas accuses Pfizer and contract manufacturer of providing ineffective ADHD drug to state's Medicaid program

Fierce Pharma

Texas has accused Pfizer and manufacturer Tris Pharma of knowingly providing compromised ADHD medicine to a state Medicaid program for children of low-income families. | In its lawsuit, Texas says the companies knew that deficient manufacturing processes compromised the effectiveness of Quillivant XR.

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After US plant reveal, France's Orano Med lays out €250M to build another radioligand facility overseas

Fierce Pharma

With multiple drugmakers already announcing a slew of radiopharmaceutical moves this year, France’s Orano Med is doubling down on the nuclear medicine craze. Dubbed the Advanced Thorium Extraction Facility, the new 7,000-square-meter site is slated to manufacture thorium-228, a precursor of lead-212, for radioligand therapies.

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UCB's psoriasis drug application overcomes manufacturing hurdle but hits another FDA delay

Fierce Pharma

After a manufacturing-related complete response letter held up the U.S. | UCB had previously expected an FDA decision during the first half of the year after suffering a prior rejection on its medicine. But now the company warned a decision will likely be delayed past the third quarter.

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FDA proposes cell and gene therapy site tours to help regulators learn from industry

Fierce Pharma

It's no secret that cell and gene therapies have faced manufacturing hurdles as the advanced medicines have become increasingly popular in recent years. | It's no secret that cell and gene therapies have faced manufacturing hurdles as the advanced medicines have become increasingly popular in recent years.

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