SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JSR Life Sciences today announced that KBI Biopharma, Inc. (KBI) and Selexis SA are consolidating as one organization under the KBI Biopharma name to accelerate innovation and growth for its global biopharma customers. The new structure will enable integrated, seamless solutions for customers, cell line development through process development, to clinical and commercial cGMP manufacturing services for mammalian programs.
Crown Bioscience, a global contract research organization (CRO) and JSR Life Sciences, opened a new site in Singapore to expand the company’s capacity to support both global and local biotech and pharma companies engaged in preclinical and translational oncology drug discovery and development.
JSR Life Sciences, LLC, announced that Similis Bio, its business unit focused on biosimilar development, have formed a partnership with Novel351k to co-develop three biosimilar programs that address a wide range of hard-to-treat diseases.
Crown Bioscience inked a licensing deal with ERS Genomics to use its CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio for gene editing in the development of new treatments in the fields of oncology, immuno-oncology and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JSR Life Sciences, LLC (JSR) today announced the launch of a new business division, Similis Bio (Similis), which will operate a partnering program designed to help biopharmaceutical companies improve the efficiency and cost of biosimilar development. Similis will rely on core expertise in developing and manufacturing biologics to mitigate the challenges inherent in biosimilar drug development.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JSR Life Sciences, LLC (JSR) today announced that Mark W. Womack will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of two of its affiliate companies: KBI Biopharma, a leading global CDMO specializing in drug development and biologics manufacturing, and Selexis SA, an industry-leading cell line development provider. Womack will be responsible for the strategic vision, continued growth, and organizational culture of both organizations, which currently includes eight facilities in Europe and the U.S. Womack’s appointment is effective May 2, 2022. He will report to JSR Life Sciences President Tim Lowery.
KBI Biopharma, a JSR Life Sciences company, held a ribbon-cutting at the company’s new state-of-the-art $150 million, 150,000 square-foot commercial manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC.
JSR Life Sciences, LLC’s lead product, Amsphere A3 has been incorporated for the first time into the commercial manufacturing of an FDA-approved treatment.
LONDON & GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals plc (LSE: HEMO), the biopharmaceutical group developing new therapies and treatments for blood diseases, and Selexis SA, a JSR Life Sciences company, have signed a service agreement to develop the cell line for Hemogenyx’s CDX bispecific antibody for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Under the agreement, Hemogenyx will leverage Selexis’ proprietary SUREtechnology Platform™, a suite of cell line development tools and technologies that significantly reduces the time, effort, and costs associated with developing high-performance mammalian cell lines.
SUNNYVALE, Calif .-- ( BUSINESS WIRE ) - Crown Bioscience, a JSR Life Sciences company and a leader in translational services that help biopharmaceutical companies accelerate new drug development programs, today announced the launch of its' 3D Ex Vivo Patient Tissue Platform '. Using. freshly collected tumor material from the patient, this new service is able to accurately measure tumor elimination induced by oncology and immuno-oncology drugs and the proliferation of endogenous immune cells in a high-throughput format.