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AGC Biologics Expands Heidelberg Facility

16.09.2021 -

AGC Biologics is expanding capacities for plasmid DNA (pDNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA) at its site in Heidelberg, Germany. The company said in June that it had agreed to...

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UK Cancels Valneva Covid Vaccine Contract

16.09.2021 -

Three days after the UK canceled its vaccine supply contract with French drugmaker Valneva on Sept. 13, speculation was mounting that the European Commission might be...

Logistics & Supply Chain

A Digital Twin for the Cold Chain

16.09.2021 -

The virtual cold chain is a modern software approach to save time and minimize for the shipment of temperature-sensitive goods by determining the lane-specific optimum...

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Sanofi Completes Translate Bio Acquisition

15.09.2021 -

Sanofi has completed the $3.2 billion acquisition of US biotech Translate Bio after the tender offer for all shares expired as scheduled at midnight US Eastern Daylight...

Strategy & Management

Processes4Planet: EU Cross-Sectorial R&I

15.09.2021 -

The Processes4Planet (P4Planet) partnership’s goal is to transform the European process industries to make them circular and achieve overall climate neutrality at EU...

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Aramco Signs 22 MoUs for Industrial Investment Program

15.09.2021 -

Saudi Aramco has signed 22 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with companies that include Shell, Solvay, Air Liquide and Linde as it drives forward its industrial...

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CureVac Cancels two Vaccine Manufacture Deals

15.09.2021 -

German biotech CureVac has canceled manufacturing contracts with two prospective partners for its Covid-19 vaccine CVnCoV while retaining others. The company said on Sept...

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The Transition to Digitalization in the Pharmaceutical Industry

15.09.2021 -

ISPE and its members are developing the roadmap to introduce Industry 4.0, also called the Smart Factory, at the pharmaceutical industry as Pharma 4.0 – an operating...