Production & Sales

Catalent to expand manufacturing for Covid-19 vaccine candidate AZD1222

Catalent and AstraZeneca have signed an agreement under which the former's subsidiary Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy will offer drug substance manufacturing to the investigational Covid-19 vaccine AZD1222 in the US.

Blackstone to acquire Takeda Consumer Healthcare for $2.3bn

Takeda Pharmaceutical has agreed to divest its Japanese consumer healthcare business unit to Blackstone for $2.3bn.

Agilent to invest $150m for expansion of Frederick production facility in US

Agilent Technologies has announced an investment of up to $150m to expand its production facility for nucleic acid-based therapeutics in the US.

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AstraZeneca closes deal to supply AZD1222 Covid-19 vaccine to EU

AstraZeneca said that it has closed an agreement with the European Commission (EC) for the supply of up to 400 million doses of the investigational AZD1222 vaccine for the prevention of Covid-19.

Moderna announces supply agreement with US Government for initial 100 million doses of mRNA vaccine against Covid-19

Moderna, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced that the U.S. government has secured 100 million doses of mRNA-1273 as part of the U.S. government’s goal of securing early access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for the American people.

Pfizer announces agreement with Gilead to manufacture Remdesivir to treat Covid-19

Pfizer announced a multi-year agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. to manufacture and supply Gilead’s investigational antiviral remdesivir, as one of multiple external manufacturing organizations supporting efforts to scale up supply of the investigational treatment for Covid-19.

Takeda to license Novavax’ Covid-19 vaccine candidate NVX‑CoV2373

Novavax has agreed to grant the Japanese licensing rights to NVX‑CoV2373, a vaccine candidate modified from the genetic sequence of the Covid-19 causing SARS‑CoV‑2 virus, to Takeda Pharmaceutical.

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