Celonic Inaugurates “Next Generation” Biologics Development Center (BDC) and Pilot Plant in Basel, Switzerland

Reducing the cost and risks of scaling-up biologic medicine production

20-Jun-2024 - TheCelonic Group, a Swiss Based Quality Biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) today opened its “Next Generation” Biologics Development Center and Pilot Plant in Basel, Switzerland. This laboratory expansion will help pharmaceutical companies develop and optimize ...

A fungus converts cellulose directly into a novel platform chemical

A new process for the mass production of erythro-isocitric acid from waste could make the substance interesting for industry in the future

27-May-2024 - The fungus Talaromyces verruculosus can produce the chemical erythro-isocitric acid, which has received little attention on the market to date, directly from cheap plant waste and thus make it interesting for industrial utilization. Using the natural abilities of the non-genetically modified ...

TU Graz Bundles Its Strengths in Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence

09-May-2024 - In a multidisciplinary research project, researchers from the biosciences, process engineering and computer science want to massively increase efficiency in the development of new enzymes and process optimization. This should even enable the breakdown of forever chemicals. Graz University of ...

Merck Announces Collaboration with Agilent Technologies

Collaboration will help enable real-time release and Bioprocessing 4.0

15-Jun-2022 - Merck announced that it has entered a collaboration with Agilent Technologies to advance Process Analytical Technologies (PAT). PAT, which is strongly encouraged by global regulatory authorities, is a key enabler for real-time release and Bioprocessing 4.0. “The biopharmaceutical industry is on a ...

The 7th BioProScale Symposium took place again as in-person event in Berlin

New ways of thinking are required: Scientists from both academia and industry presented and discussed innovative approaches and developments in biotechnology and bioprocess engineering

12-Apr-2022 - On the subject of “Scaling Up and Down of Bioprocesses: Technological Innovation and Cell Physiology Insights”,the 7thSymposium was again held on-site in Berlin from March 28 to31,2022. In parallel, there was also the possibility to follow the presentations online. The symposium was organized ...

Merck Advances BioProcessing Capabilities

Acquisition of MAST® Platform from Lonza, a Automated Bioreactor Sampling System

07-Apr-2022 - Merck will advance its bioprocessing portfolio with the acquisition of the MAST® (Modular Automated Sampling Technology) platform from Lonza. The MAST® platform is an automated, aseptic bioreactor sampling system developed in Bend, Oregon, USA. The financial details of the deal were not ...

Gene therapy start-up VectorY and Wageningen University sign strategic collaboration

Two-part project to develop novel baculovirus genome seeds and bioprocess technologies for the scalable production of AAV gene therapies

27-Jan-2022 - VectorY Therapeutics, a biotech company focusing on the development of innovative gene therapy approaches for the treatment of muscular and neurodegenerative disorders through vectorized antibodies, announces a collaboration with Wageningen University to develop novel baculovirus-based ...

SIM contributes to the stability of bioprocesses

21-Jan-2022 - SIM has made a valuable contribution on the way to more stabilized bioprocesses. In the process, SIM has developed methods in which samples can be taken at different time points in the cultivation process and thereafter analyzed. By taking samples during cultivation, the course of both reactants ...

6th BioProScale Symposium 2021 – held virtually for the first time

Online event about the scale-up and scale-down for accelerated bioprocess development and optimization

26-Apr-2021 - From the 29 to 31 March 2021 the 6thBioProScale Symposium was held virtually for the first time. It was organized by the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering at Technische Universität Berlin, the Institute for Fermentation and Biotechnology in Berlin (IfGB) as part of the Versuchs- und Lehranstalt ...

Sartorius acquires filtration expert

Transaction provides a complementary fit with Sartorius’ separation portfolio, adding crossflow filtration units for easy-to-use bioprocessing devices

10-Dec-2020 - The life science company Sartorius acquired U.S.‑based purification expert WaterSepBioSeparations LLC through its subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech. WaterSep BioSeparations develops, manufactures and markets hollow‑fiber membrane devices and pre-sterilized assemblies for upstream and downstream ...