EU pharma industry representatives have expressed concern that the recently enacted EU export transparency mechanism could risk production delays or jeopardize the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in Europe.
Lonza saw profits and capacity utilisation improve in the first half of 2014 with new pharma and biopharma supply contracts and ongoing restructuring being the key drivers.
German CMO Rentschler Biotechnologie GmbH is adding a 2,000 L single-use bioreactor to its facility in Laupheim, Germany, which it expects to be fully operational by the end of the first quarter of 2015.