Passage Bio, Inc. and Catalent today announced that manufacturing operations have commenced to support adeno-associated virus (AAV) production for Passage Bio’s lead gene therapy product candidates for the treatment of rare monogenic CNS disorders.

Catalent appoints Behzad Mahdavi, Ph.D., MBA, as Vice President of Open Innovation, Biologics, Cell and Gene Therapy. Dr. Mahdavi will join a team of experts to accelerate the adoption of new development and drug delivery technologies, and scalable manufacturing processes and techniques.

Catalent has completed the acquisition of Bone Therapeutics’ cell therapy manufacturing subsidiary, Skeletal Cell Therapy Support SA (SCTS), including all of its assets located in Gosselies, Belgium.

Taysha Gene Therapies and Catalent today announced a partnership to support the development and manufacturing of Taysha’s gene therapies at Catalent’s Maryland-based gene therapy facilities.

Catalent and BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc announced an agreement for the manufacture of NurOwn®, BrainStorm’s autologous cellular therapy being investigated for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neuron disease.

Catalent today announced that Jesse Trekker, Ph.D., Business Director, Strategic Partnerships, Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy, will present at the Allogeneic Cell Therapies Summit, which will take place virtually on 26 – 28 October, 2020.

Catalent today announced that it will be participating in several roundtables alongside other leading industry experts at the CPhI Festival of Pharma, which is taking place virtually between Oct. 5 – 16, 2020.

Catalent today announced that it has acquired a new manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Indiana, to create a North American center of excellence for early-phase clinical biologics formulation development and drug product fill/finish services.

Catalent today announced that George Buchman, Ph.D., Vice President, Preclinical & Process Development, will present at the World Vaccine Congress, which will take place virtually on Sept. 28 – October 1, 2020.