Sartorius Stedim Biotech

Sartorius | November 03, 2020

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading partner of the biopharma industry, successfully closed the acquisition of the Slovenian purification specialist BIA Separations. The transaction was completed on November 2, 2020, after receiving the required approvals. "BIA's portfolio is highly complementary to Sartorius Stedim Biotech. We are thus creating an excellent offering for the manufacturing of gene therapies and other advanced therapies, and are pleased to welcome 120 new employees,&...

Cell and Gene Therapy

Sartorius | July 05, 2021

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international biopharmaceutical partner, has acquired a majority stake in CellGenix GmbH, a reagent manufacturer. The company, headquartered in Freiburg, Germany, and with a sales subsidiary near the biotechnology center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, manufactures and distributes cell culture components in GMP grade for the manufacture of cell and gene therapy products. Sartorius Stedim Biotech originally purchased 51% of this company, which was...

Labiotech.eu | January 28, 2020

A Swiss research group has developed tiny plastic particles that could carry gene therapies to the center of the cell with less risk of getting attacked by the immune system than conventional gene therapies. The majority of gene therapies in use today are delivered to the DNA of target cells using viral vectors. While efficient at their job, viral vectors can risk triggering the immune system to destroy them. This can lead to the therapy becoming ineffective....

FierceBiotech | January 27, 2020

Johnson & Johnson is joining the growing ranks of biopharmas, including the likes of Moderna and Gilead Sciences, in trying to create a speedy vaccine for the coronavirus out of China. Over the weekend, we learned of a wider range and more deaths as the new virus, which appears to have come out of Wuhan, China, is doing what these diseases do best: spread. The causes of death have so far been reported as pneumonia, with other reports suggesting most of these have come from those with underly...