Dino Mustafić

April 2, 2020 Off

– PBOA: Pharma industry, supply chain have positive outlook

The Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association (PBOA), a trade group that represents Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) and other service providers in the bio/pharmaceutical sector, reports that many of its member companies are actively involved in helping their clients develop and produce treatments, vaccines, and diagnostics for COVID-19. PBOA’s members provide a wide array of services throughout the bio/pharma sector.

April 2, 2020 Off

AiCuris screening of selected proprietary compounds to identify a possible drug candidate for the treatment of Covid-19

By Dino Mustafić

AiCuris Anti-infective Cures GmbH, a leading company in the discovery and development of drugs against infectious diseases gets involvedin the fight against SARS-CoV-2 (Corona).

April 2, 2020 Off

PCR Biosystems makes 4M of COVID-19 test reagents daily

By Dino Mustafić

PCR Biosystems, the UK-based PCR experts, PCR Biosystems has the capacity to manufacture enough reagent daily for 4 million reactions – which is sufficient for millions of diagnostic tests

April 2, 2020 Off

Austrian Aperion OKd to phase2 test APN01 to treat COVID-19 in 3 EU countries

By Dino Mustafić

Apeiron Biologics AG has received regulatory approvals in Austria, Germany and Denmark to kickoff a Phase II clinical trial of APN01 to treat COVID-19.

April 1, 2020 Off

InflaRx enrolls patient to test its antibody in COVID-19-induced pneumonia

By Dino Mustafić

German biopharmaceutical company InflaRx has enrolled the first patient into a randomized clinical trial investigating the safety and efficacy of IFX-1, the company´s monoclonal anti-C5a antibody, in patients with severe COVID-19-induced pneumonia.

March 31, 2020 Off

Ritedose selects ChargePoint Technology’s transfer solution for biomanufacturing project

By Dino Mustafić

The Ritedose Corporation, a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) with a focus on inhalation and ophthalmic products, has partnered…

March 31, 2020 Off

Lonza launches medium for gene therapy applications AAV production

By Dino Mustafić

Swiss-based Lonza has launched the TheraPEAK SfAAV Medium, the first chemically defined, non-animal origin medium designed specifically for the production of Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) in Spodoptera Fuigiperda (Sf9) insect cells for gene therapy applications.

March 27, 2020 Off

Ethanol prices go up amid increased demand for hand sanitizer production

By Dino Mustafić

Ethanol prices are expectedly changed as the worldwide pharmaceutical companies are asking more of it to produce more hand sanitizers…

March 25, 2020 Off

N4 Pharma tests Nuvec use for developing Covid-19 vaccines with partners

By Dino Mustafić

N4 Pharma will test a Covid-19 DNA plasmid if Nuvec, a novel delivery system for cancer treatments and vaccines, can be used as a delivery system by potential collaboration partners developing Covid-19 DNA or RNA vaccines.

March 24, 2020 Off

Why you should continue to vaccinate your kids?

By Dino Mustafić

You want to do what is excellent for your kids. You know about the importance of baby gates, car seats, and other ways to keep them secure. But, did you know that the most excellent way to protect your kids is to make sure they have all of their vaccinations?