Pfizer has announced a projected $750 million upgrade to its manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, MI. This plant was responsible for producing some of the earliest US COVID-19 vaccines. This comes just years after expanding the site with a $150 million investment in 2017. The project will focus on injectable medicines and is expected to create around 300 new jobs.

State Senator Steve Santarsiero and the CEOs of the nonprofit Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center and Brandywine Realty Trust have announced that the state will invest $5 million in a new Academic Innovation Zone in Bucks and Philadelphia counties.

After receiving more than 400 nominations for this year’s Women in Life Sciences FiercePharma has put together this year’s list of 20 of the best. The women on their list are driven by a goal of developing medicines and technologies that could save millions of lives around the world—and redrawing the image of leadership in the process.

Neurotech, a company dedicated to delivering biological therapeutics, has announced positive results from two Phase 3 studies of NT-501, a cell therapy implant to treat Type 2 macular telangiectasia. In Type 2 macular telangiectasia, the blood vessels dilate and leak, causing swelling of the macula.

Abiomed, a publicly-traded medical device technology company that develops and manufactures temporary external and implantable mechanical circulatory support devices, has received FDA approval for a new model of its minimally invasive cardiac pump targeting the right side of the heart. This new model allows for a new approach that will make it easier for patients to walk while implanted with the device.

Phesi, a clinical development analytics provider, has rolled out a new AI-based platform it claims will save customers an average of $7 million per phase 3 trial.

Exela Pharma Sciences has issued a recall of 49 lots of sodium bicarbonate 8.4% due to safety concerns of “vial breakage and flying glass.” The injectable is used to treat metabolic acidosis, which refers to the buildup of acid in the body through kidney disease or kidney failure.

According to the University of Utah Pharmacy Services website, which tracks drug shortages in the US, Camber Pharmaceuticals and Sun Pharma are reporting Adderall supply problems. In addition to the recent problems, nine providers of the drug have been having difficulties meeting demand since 2019. To make the problem worse, Adderall is classified as a Schedule 2 controlled substance so companies have limits on how much they can manufacture.

Fierce Pharma has put together a new top 10 most productive biopharma companies list. The last time they put together this list was in 2016. Two things to note since that list was put together are two of that year’s top 10 companies—Celgene and Allergan—are no longer independent firms and secondly, COVID-19 happened.

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The first half of 2022 has brought noteworthy medical advances in breast and lung cancers, CRISPR gene editing, and new drugs were approved for genetic heart disease and diabetes. The second half of the year could bring positive results from clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and vision loss.

In what was a decision that was four months ahead of schedule, the FDA has approved AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu. This is the first therapy targeted to treat unresectable or metastatic breast cancer expressing low levels of HER2, a brand-new category that was once part of the HER2-negative group.

On June 21st, Sun Pharma started a voluntary recall of 50,680 vials of testosterone cypionate injection because of water leakage at a plant. Glenmark’s recall is for 98,307 packs of mometasone furoate topical solution, a corticosteroid lotion which treats skin conditions

In February 2021, Azurity Pharmaceuticals acquired three drugs from Eton Pharmaceutical’s neurology portfolio. To date, two of those three drugs have now been approved by the FDA. The most recent is Zonisade, the first authorized liquid medication to treat epilepsy in patients 16 years and older. The approval was delayed due to COVID travel restrictions which prevented a manufacturing site inspection in 2021.

AstraZeneca has announced a $1.28B plan to purchase TeneoTwo, a U.S. oncology firm. AstraZeneca said the purchase will be focused on a molecule made by the company that is designed to encourage the body's immune system to target and kill cancer cells.

Lumos Diagnostics, a leader in rapid point-of-care (POC) diagnostic technologies, has announced that they have appointed Doug Ward to serve as CEO. Doug is a highly experienced diagnostics executive.

With $24 billion in net income, Novartis was unexpectedly the most profitable pharma company in 2021, beating Pfizer and J&J, which recorded $22 billion and $21 billion, respectively. While Novartis did improve its profit margins as a percentage of sales, it was one special item that helped nearly triple the Swiss pharma’s net profit.

Sanofi has moved into its new HQ location in Cambridge, MA. The new office space has two 900,000 square foot buildings that will house around 2,500 employees. Plans for the location started in December 2018 and were not swayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanofi also put environmental sustainability at the forefront when designing the new facility.

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