Jabil (NYSE:JBL) division Jabil Healthcare announced a collaboration agreement with E3D, giving it access to E3D’s auto-injector. The agreement with the global drug delivery device company, which is a member of the Elcam Medical Group, gives Jabil exclusive rights to develop a high-volume reusable autoinjector and connected variants, according to a news release. St. Petersburg, […]
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Baxter to make Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in US
Baxter announced that its Baxter BioPharma Solutions business will make Moderna‘s COVID-19 vaccine at its fill/finish sterile manufacturing facilities in Bloomington, Ind. The plan — announced yesterday — is for Baxter to make 60–90 million doses of the Moderna vaccine in 2021. “We have seen a remarkable demonstration of scientific and health care expertise in […]
Q BioMed wins federal contract for bone cancer drug
Q BioMed (OTCQB:QBIO) announced today that it signed an agreement for its Strontium89 drug to be included on the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS). New York-based Q BioMed’s agreement with the U.S. government provides U.S. veterans and other federal government agencies and eligible patients access to Strontium89, a treatment for metastatic bone pain related to common […]
ForDoz enters manufacturing agreement with LipoMedix
ForDoz Pharma announced today that it entered into an agreement with LipoMedix to manufacture its lead compound for a clinical trial. LipoMedix’s pegylated liposomal Promitil (PL-MLP) is designed for the selective delivery of the therapeutic agent to cancer-affected tissues and is suited for cancer chemoradiotherapy, according to a news release. Studies have shown PL-MLP to […]
Retractable Technologies lands $54.2M federal contract for syringes
Retractable Technologies (NYSE:RVP) announced that it received a government contract worth more than $54.2 million for its syringes. Little Elm, Texas-based Retractable Technologies’ contract and purchase order was made by the U.S. Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) with a base price of $54,217,800 for a five-month period between Feb. 15, 2021, and July 14, 2021. […]
Baxter lands major DoD contract
The U.S. Defense Dept. (DoD) announced that it awarded Baxter (NYSE:BAX) $40 million for its infusion pumps and accessories. Baxter’s contract includes a maximum $40 million fixed-price award with economic-price-adjustment and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity for its infusion pumps and accessories. The competitive acquisition had 105 offers received. The five-year contract has no option periods with the location being […]
Thermo Fisher to manufacture Inovio COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:INO) announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) will manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based Inovio said in a news release yesterday that Thermo Fisher signed a letter of intent to manufacture the INO-4800 COVID-19 vaccine candidate, joining a consortium of third-party manufacturers that aim to produce 100 million doses of Inovio’s vaccine by […]
Smiths Medical lands major vaccine-related contract
Smiths Medical announced today that it has landed a federal contract to produce more than 78 million syringe-and-needle units and $20 million in federal funding to expand its Keene, N.H. plant to produce them. The Plymouth, Minn.-based company said it received an order for 78.6 million syringe-and-needle units and that BARDA and the Joint Program […]
HHS spending $347m to boost supply of COVID-19 vaccine, treatment vials
The U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS) and Dept. of Defense (DoD) announced a joint effort to increase manufacturing for vials earmarked for COVID-19-related drugs and vaccines. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), as part of HHS, collaborated with DoD to provide funding for U.S.-based companies Corning Inc. and SiO2 Materials […]
Molex taps former Ecolab SVP to run its medical business, including Phillips-Medisize
Paul Chaffin — most recently SVP of enterprise initiatives at Ecolab — has become SVP in charge of Molex’s Medical and Pharmaceutical Solutions division, including contract manufacturing giant Phillips-Medisize. Chaffin will report to Molex CEO Joe Nelligan and will be a member of the company’s Global Leadership Team. Get the full story on our sister […]
