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Bharat Biotech and GSK said they will
reduce
the price of their malaria vaccine for children where the disease is endemic. They will do so “progressively” to less than $5 by 2028, which is a price drop of more than half, the companies said Wednesday. The price cut is due to “process improvements, expanded production capacity, cost-effective manufacturing, and minimal profit margins.” The vaccine, codenamed RTS.S, was developed by GSK, PATH and their partners.
Emergent BioSolutions’ partnership
with the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response had a “
contract modification
” worth $62.4 million for its botulism antitoxin. The deal update was made on an existing 10-year contract stating Emergent would supply the antitoxin for stockpiling purposes.
Drug supplier Sterling Distributors was handed
an
FDA Warning Letter
after the company was found to be purchasing and distributing prescription drugs across different states, including Florida, Arkansas and Mississippi, without a license. The letter, published Tuesday, states Sterling shipped illegitimate products to customers and failed to investigate any deficiencies even after patient complaints. Six major issues were found in total and the FDA has given Sterling 15 working days to respond.
AGC Biologics will start
offering
its cell therapy services from a site in Yokohama Technical Center in Japan starting next month, the company said Wednesday. This means the company would have cell therapy manufacturing presence in three places, including Milan and Colorado.
Catalent now has the upstream phase
for the
production
of GenSight Biologics gene therapy lenadogene nolparvovec, which it calls Lumevoq. The batches will be used for an early access program and a dose-ranging study in France, the pharma company said Thursday. The asset is under investigation for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.
Adial Pharmaceuticals said it
tapped
Thermo Fisher Scientific and Cambrex to make its alcohol use disorder drug, codenamed AD04, according to a Wednesday release.
Ionetix and AlfaRim will be working together
to
market
actinium-225, the companies said last Friday.
Additional reporting by Anna Brown.