Archive for the ‘CMO’ Category

SAFC Prepares for ESACT 2013

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Join SAFC for the 23rd annual ESACT Meeting taking place in Lille, France from June 23rd through June 26th at Booth # A3.

ESACT was founded 35 years ago and since then has developed into an international reference event in animal cell technology, building on a tradition of combining both basic science and its application into industrial biotechnology.

SAFC is excited to be the silver sponsor this year. We have an action packed schedule that our team has worked on to offer colleagues with a look into SAFC as part of their ESACT experience. We will kick things off on Sunday, June 23rd from 11:15 – 13:15 p.m. at the Artois Room with a presentation on:

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Commercial Licensing of CHOZN® Cell Line in Asia

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

SAFC is pleased to announce that two leading Asian biopharmaceutical companies have signed commercial sales and licensing contracts for the purchase of their off-the-shelf cell line production platform CHOZN®. The customers have confirmed that they will use the platform as a key component in support from development stage through commercialization.

This acts a step towards gaining greater traction in the Asia Pacific market, which SAFC sees as an important market to align with. The purchases also support SAFC’s drive to further integrate the CHOZN platform in the biopharmaceutical space and help customers to drive innovation.

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Blogging from TIDES

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

The 15th annual TIDES conference returned to Boston this May 12th to 15th to bring industry colleagues together with a focus on the discovery and manufacturing of oligonucleotide and peptide therapeutics. SAFC enjoyed being onsite at the four-day event, where it was clear that the importance of oligonucleotides is growing in the pharmaceutical industry. There are now more than 100 oligonucleotide drugs in the clinic, and very many more are in the earlier stages of development.

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SAFC Lives: Lisa Silver, Manager of SAFC Sourcing Services and Supply Chain

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Lisa Silver, Manager of SAFC Sourcing Services and Supply Chain

Lisa Silver, Manager of SAFC Sourcing Services and Supply Chain

SAFC Lives presents personnel profiles where we talk to the people who make SAFC tick to find out more about their personalities, position, what drives them, and what they enjoy doing when they are not playing a critical role in the ongoing growth of SAFC.

In this edition, we talk with Lisa Silver, Manager of SAFC Sourcing Services and Supply Chain in St. Louis, Missouri. (more…)

BioReliance Seminar Series Makes its Way Back to the US for May

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

The BioReliance seminar series is making it’s way back to the United States with three new complimentary seminar sessions coming throughout the end of May.

It will kick off on Thursday, May 16th at the Bolger Center in Potomac, MD. Then on Tuesday, May 21st guests are invited to theHyatt House in King of Prussia, PA. Finally, a Thursday, May 23rd session at the Le Meridien in Cambridge, MA is available.

These informative sessions offer attendees with a chance to learn and network. Each seminar features input on key topics industry topics, including:

•    Regulatory Updates

•    Virus Risk Mitigation for Raw Materials

•    Massively Parallel Sequencing for biosafety testing

•    Biomanufacturing Case Studies

•    Biosimilars (worldwide regulatory expectations and bioassays for potency)

•    Viral Clearance (impact of filter variability)

•    Molecular Methods for biosafety testing

Refreshments, lunch and a drinks reception at the end are included in the session. A full agenda with speaker profiles and the annual seminar schedule can be found by clicking here.

Click here to register for this event.

Breaking New Ground in Irvine, Scotland

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Irvine Groundbreaking April 2013

Irvine Groundbreaking April 2013

Ground was broken on April 24th for the new Dry Powder Media (DPM) manufacturing facility that SAFC is building on its Irvine, Scotland site. The addition of dry powder milling and blending capability to this facility will complete a 5-year Capital Expansion Plan SAFC initiated as part of its long-term commitment to supporting customers in the growing industrial biopharmaceutical market. The purpose-built facility will produce animal component free (ACF) media and will offer regional support to the European market along with manufacturing redundancy to its North American sister facility in Lenexa, Kansas. (more…)

SAFC is Onsite for 11th Visit to CPhI Japan in Tokyo

Monday, April 22nd, 2013
SAFC Welcomes you to booth I-16

SAFC Welcomes you to booth I-16

SAFC is once again onsite at CPhI Japan as both an exhibitor (Booth I-16) and presenter. The event is currently underway at the Big Sight Exhibition Centre in Tokyo from Wednesday, April 24th – Friday, April 26th and as we mark our 11th year of participation, it is fair to say that we have enjoyed watching the event evolve through the years. In fact, SAFC was honored last year by event organizer, UBM Live, as part of a group of 47 exhibitors that have attended CPhI Japan since 2002!

Japan has established itself as the leader of Asia’s pharmaceutical industry. It is also the world’s second largest market known for innovative technologies and products discoveries. CPhI Japan is unique in its ability to bring together key global players in the industry, including major suppliers and influencers, in a unique platform that offers direct access to this flourishing market.

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