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The Life Science Sector Shifts Its Focus Quickly to Respond to the Coronavirus
CipherBio
If the coronavirus has proven anything, it is that size and impact are not necessarily correlated. A 125-nanometer parasite that cannot be seen with the naked eye, the COVID-19 virus has killed over 160,000 people globally and infected 2.4M people worldwide. It has exposed systemic vulnerabilities in national healthcare systems and marked the emergence of new global trends. In the life sciences sector, it merely reinforced an already existing trend characterized by increasing collaboration and more projects that rely on the collective contributions of various partners. Today, the sector is proving to be highly agile and primed for impact. Collaborations in the sector are taking place across countries, rival companies, and public and private organizations, with the single aim of putting an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In unprecedented move, Philadelphia’s regional economic development groups join forces during pandemic
Philadelphia Business Journal
When the first confirmed coronavirus cases began to descend upon Montgomery County in early March, Dave Zellers knew things were going change quickly.
As director of commerce for the county, Zellers and others in the local government were conferring on how to proceed when events relating to the coronavirus began to accelerate in the county. More people were coming down with it and, on March 9, Merck & Co. told its roughly 10,000 employees at its sprawling research and manufacturing operations in West Point to work from home. The company makes vaccines in at its local facilities. The county started to cancel events and make other move to stave off the spread of the virus.
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Emergent BioSolutions Signs Agreement to be U.S. Manufacturing Partner for Johnson & Johnson’s Lead Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19
– Emergent will provide contract development and manufacturing services to support Johnson & Johnson’s commitment of one billion doses of vaccine for worldwide emergency pandemic use
– Agreement valued at approximately $135 million
GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced an agreement whereby Emergent will deploy its contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services to support the manufacturing of Johnson & Johnson’s lead vaccine candidate for COVID-19 that leverages the AdVac® and PER.C6® technologies from the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
