News - Part 12

– Leads implementation of Laureate’s strategic quality plan – PRINCETON, N.J., March 16, 2011 — Laureate Biopharmaceutical Services, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization, today announced the appointment of Ann M. Daus, Ph.D, as Vice President, Quality. Dr. Daus will lead the implementation of Laureate’s strategic quality plan, recruit new leaders to supplement the quality management team, lead the strategic expansion of testing services and improve companywide…

Laureate recognized for its business growth, leadership team and service innovation by the Eastern Technology Council Princeton, NJ, November 20, 2008: Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced that it has been named the “Emerging Life Science Company of the Year” by The Eastern Technology Council, the largest technology and life sciences trade association in the greater Philadelphia, PA region. The company was honored…

Laureate To Manufacture Alopexx’s Product Candidate Princeton, NJ, April 10, 2008: Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced that it has entered into a cGMP contract manufacturing agreement with Alopexx Pharmaceuticals, LLC. According to the agreement, Laureate will produce Alopexx’s mAb F598 antibody under cGMP conditions. This antibody is planned for use in clinical trials, and later for commercial production for the treatment and…

Laureate to Manufacture ARIUS’ Product Candidate Trop-2 Signal Transduction Antibody Princeton, NJ, January 31, 2008: Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced that it has entered into a cGMP contract manufacturing agreement with ARIUS Research, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing the next wave of antibody therapeutics to treat cancer and other diseases, for its Trop-2 Signal Transduction Antibody Program. Laureate…

LAUREATE TO MANUFACTURE TRUBION’S TRU-016 PRODUCT CANDIDATE Princeton, NJ, January 30, 2007: Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced it has entered into an agreement to produce Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s TRU-016, a novel protein for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Terms of the manufacturing agreement were not disclosed. Trubion’s TRU-016 program targets CD37, an antigen present on B…

Laureate will manufacture recombinant Sphingomab™, a human therapeutic antibody for treatment of cancer and various ocular and cardiovascular conditions Princeton, New Jersey, and San Diego, California, August 22, 2006: Lpath, Inc. (OTC: LPTN), the first to generate therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against bioactive lipids, and Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to produce recombinant Sphingomab™. Sphingomab™ is…

PRINCETON, NJ – June 8, 2006 Laureate Pharma, a partner company of Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE), today announced plans to invest up to $9 million to expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Princeton, NJ. The facility expansion will provide Laureate Pharma with a new pilot production plant with two separate production suites, and expanded purification production capacity to support additional cGMP production. The new pilot plant will include stainless steel…

PRINCETON, NJ – June 1, 2006 Laureate Pharma, a biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, is sponsoring a live webcast at 2PM EDT on June 8 on “Development Of A Third-Generation Antibody For Therapy Of Prostate Cancer.” The free webcast, presented by BioPharm International, will include presentations by experts from Cytogen Corporation, Laureate Pharma, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The development of radiolabeled therapeutic antibodies is a sophisticated process…

PRINCETON, NJ AND ATLANTA, GA – May 10, 2006 Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced that it has entered into a biopharmaceutical manufacturing agreement with Iconic Therapeutics, Inc. for cGMP manufacture of hI-con1, a “bi-functional immunoprotein”. Laureate’s services include cGMP protein production, purification and aseptic filling of hI-con1 for Iconic Therapeutics. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. “Iconic Therapeutics has a…

Bothell, WA and Princeton, NJ – April 25, 2006 Seattle Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGEN) and Laureate Pharma, Inc. announced today that they have entered into an agreement for manufacturing of Seattle Genetics SGN-33 and SGN-70 humanized monoclonal antibody product candidates. Under the terms of the agreement, Laureate Pharma will perform scale-up and cGMP manufacturing of clinical trial materials for both programs. “These manufacturing campaigns are an important part of our…