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Xcellon Biologics, a Maryland CRDMO specializing in bioconjugates and complex biologics, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the GMP biologics manufacturing facility built by NextCure, Inc. in Beltsville. The deal gives Xcellon its first cGMP capacity, completes the company’s transition from a development-stage CDMO into an end-to-end CRDMO, and puts a commissioned domestic bioconjugation […]
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September is Workforce Development Month, and all month long, BioBuzz brings you the stories of people and organizations working to open doors into the life sciences for the next generation of talent. First up: Emanuel Ortiz, founder of Pristinology, Philadelphia’s first Latino-owned scientific cleaning company, whose company is doing that work one micro-internship at a […]
Glanua, an Irish provider of water, wastewater, and bioresource solutions, announced on September 21, 2026 the opening of its first U.S. office in Radnor, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia, with plans to build a team of more than 200 employees over time. Group Managing Director Karl Zimmerer called it a milestone tied directly to the region’s […]
Boiron, the world leader in homeopathic medicines, celebrated the grand opening of its new 78,898-square-foot logistics center with a ribbon-cutting and community celebration on September 16, 2026, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. More than 200 guests — including local elected officials, business partners, and employees — attended to mark the milestone. Janick Boudazin, CEO of Boiron […]
N-Zyme Biomedical Inc., a Wauwatosa, WI- and Newark, DE-based clinical-stage biotech developing pepsin-targeted therapies for reflux disease, announced on September 22, 2026 that a research team led by Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Nikki Johnston has been awarded $2.76 million through an R01 research grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of […]
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) leaders cut the ceremonial ribbon on the new Morgan Center for Research & Innovation on September 14, 2026, marking what the hospital calls a “cutting-edge” start to a new era of pediatric research. The event drew government officials, scientists, and stakeholders — including Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, City Council President […]
Annovis Bio, Inc., a Malvern, Pennsylvania-based Phase 3 clinical-stage biotech, announced on September 23, 2026 a collaboration with Weave Bio, an AI platform for regulatory content and knowledge management, to support the planned New Drug Application (NDA) for buntanetap, its investigational oral therapy for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Under the collaboration, Annovis […]
SK pharmteco announced on September 22, 2026 an expanded manufacturing collaboration with Philadelphia-based Gemma Biotherapeutics (“GEMMABio”), supplying critical clinical trial materials for GEMMABio’s ongoing Phase 1/2 CHARISMA trial (NCT07070999) evaluating GB221, a next-generation gene therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA1). CHARISMA is notable as the first clinical trial testing a next-generation SMA1 gene […]
Michael Utz has joined Madrigal Pharmaceuticals as Senior Director, Commercial Development – Marketing, bringing 30 years of pharmaceutical and biotechnology sales and marketing experience to the company as it builds out commercialization of its MASH treatment. About Michael Utz Utz joins Madrigal from Teva Pharmaceuticals, where he spent nearly a decade in senior marketing leadership […]
