IDT and Sanofi to manufacture mRNA vaccines under development

Drug development company IDT Australia and pharmaceutical business Sanofi have signed an agreement for the good manufacturing practice (cGMP) manufacture of Sanofi’s mRNA vaccines now under development. The partners will collaborate to advance mRNA-based vaccine formulation, development and manufacture at IDT’s aseptic sterile injectables filling facilities in Melbourne (pictured) in volumes needed for clinical trials…

Zoetis buys site to increase veterinary vaccine production

Animal health company Zoetis has bought a 21-acre manufacturing site in Melbourne to significantly expand its operations and increase capabilities to manufacture vaccines for sheep, cattle, dogs, cats and horses. The company which produces 130 million doses of vaccines for companion animals and livestock in Australia each year, said the expansion would support development of…

Gradually getting under your skin

By Brent Balinski Nobody is exactly keen on getting a needle, and getting rid of them is an old idea.  Some articles trace an alternative, microarray patches, back to the 1970s, but today we still generally get our vaccines and various other drugs the old way – jabbed into our muscles.  Ideas are easy, but…

BridgeWest adds NovaCina to pharmaceutical assets

Private investment firm, Bridgewest Group has expanded its pharmaceuticals portfolio, announcing the purchase of the sterile injectable manufacturing facility of Pfizer (Perth) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc. The cGMP manufacturing facility, located in Bentley, Perth is a diverse sterile injectable manufacturing facility, approved to supply drug products in over 90 countries with approvals…