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GSK pumps £200M+ into UK manufacturing network to bolster commercial ambitions, API supply

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As British pharma giant AstraZeneca looks abroad to build new factories, GSK is sticking close to home, where it plans to plug hundreds of millions of pounds into the United Kingdom over the next t | As other British drugmakers like AstraZeneca look abroad to build new factories, GSK is sticking close to home, where it plans to plug hundreds of millions (..)

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With new partnership, Galapagos takes decentralized CAR-T manufacturing quest nationwide

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following | Galapagos has teamed up with the largest blood supply network in the U.S. Though Galapagos has undergone plenty of staff shakeups and strategy revamps in recent years, the company is sticking strong to the CAR-T pivot first unveiled by CEO Paul Stoffels, M.D., to help establish decentralized CAR-T production on a national scale.

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WuXi XDC eyes $470.5M IPO to fuel manufacturing expansions at home and abroad

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WuXi's bioconjugation spinoff is set to break free onto the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this month, with plans to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds back into its Asian manufacturing n | WuXi's bioconjugation spinoff is set to break free onto the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this month, with plans to funnel hundreds of millions of (..)

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Merck KGaA's MilliporeSigma pumps €28M into 2 new mRNA production plants

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On a €1 billion quest to build a global mRNA network, Merck KGaA’s MilliporeSigma has rounded out its service offerings to include all key stages of mRNA development, manufacturing and commercializ | On a €1 billion quest to build a global mRNA network, Merck KGaA’s MilliporeSigma has rounded out its service offerings to include all key stages of mRNA (..)

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Charles River snags clearance to produce Vertex and CRISPR's Casgevy from Tennessee plant

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Following a string of approvals in the United States and beyond, Vertex Pharmaceuticals continues to build out its manufacturing network for the world’s first CRISPR-based gene therapy, Casgevy.

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AstraZeneca plans to exit 'beating heart' of Indian operations in Bangalore

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Amid a corporate review of AstraZeneca’s global manufacturing and supply network, the company’s Indian subsidiary is planning to close up shop at the “beating heart” of its India operations in Bang | AstraZeneca Pharma India will exit its production plant in Bangalore, India, “in due course,” the company said in a filing.

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Biden looks to broaden HHS powers to bolster domestic drug manufacturing

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Monday, during the first meeting of the new White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, President Biden unveiled nearly 30 actions to bolster production networks across industries. As drug shortages mount in the U.S. with little relief in sight, President Joe Biden has rolled out a slew of efforts to bolster the nation’s supply chains.