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Cellares, the first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO) dedicated to clinical and commercial-scale cell therapy manufacturing, announced the commissioning of the first cGMP Cell Shuttle™ at the IDMO Smart Factory in Bridgewater, New Jersey. This marks an important milestone on the way to a fully fitted facility, which will be capable of producing up to 40,000 standard CAR-T cell therapy doses per year, or up to 100,000 doses of novel, two-day process CAR-T cell therapies.

Pyros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a leader in the development of enhanced specialty pharmaceuticals for rare diseases, is pleased to announce that VIGAFYDE™ (vigabatrin) oral solution is now available. VIGAFYDE™ is the first and only ready-to-use vigabatrin oral solution, indicated as a monotherapy for the treatment of pediatric patients 1 month to 2 years of age with infantile spasms (IS), where the potential benefits outweigh the potential risk of vision loss. Please see full Prescribing Information below to view Important Safety Information, including BOXED WARNINGS.

Linpharma, a global leader in high quality supplement distribution, has announced the launch of a unique and highly effective cold sore treatment, Lyranda, in the United States. Lyranda is a convenient and pleasant-tasting lozenge, eliminating the need for messy creams to apply topically, no need to touch the cold sore, and cutting the healing time compared to other popular remedies.

Octapharma USA announced the results from the Phase III (LEX-209) study on the efficacy and safety of Balfaxar® (prothrombin complex concentrate, human-lans; marketed in Europe and Canada as octaplex®) have been published by the JAMA Network Open, an American Medical Association peer-reviewed journal.

Bruker Corporation is pleased to announce the successful installation and acceptance of a 1.2 GHz Avance® Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer at the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), just in time before the start of the ICMRBS 2024 conference in Korea. As the first 1.2 GHz NMR system in the Asia-Pacific region, it sets a new benchmark for molecular, cell biology and disease research by ultra-high field NMR.

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BIOVECTRA, a leading specialized contract development and manufacturing organization, for $925 million.Based in Canada, BIOVECTRA produces biologics, highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients, and other molecules for targeted therapeutics.

Sobi® announced the publication of full results from the Phase 3 XTEND-Kids study in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) confirming the safety and efficacy profile of ALTUVOCT® (efanesoctocog alfa), in children younger than 12 years old with severe haemophilia A.

Loci Orthopaedics Ltd, an orthopaedic medical device company, announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed €12.8 million Series A financing. The financing round was led by new investors Seroba, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JJDC, Inc., (JJDC) and the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund.

YARAL Pharma Inc. the U.S. generics subsidiary of IBSA (Institut Biochimique SA), a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland, announced that they are now the exclusive supplier of the authorized generic levothyroxine sodium capsules in the United States. Levothyroxine Sodium Capsules are used to treat hypothyroidism.

DiscGenics, Inc., a privately held, late-stage clinical, biopharmaceutical company developing allogeneic, cell-based, regenerative therapies for musculoskeletal degeneration, announced publication of results in the International Journal of Spine Surgery from the combined Phase I/Phase II, first-in-human clinical study of an allogeneic disc progenitor cell therapy (IDCT or rebonuputemcel) for painful lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).