Abzena announces successful technical transfer of Synaffix GlycoConnect™ Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) technology to enable use in client projects
San Diego, USA July 2019 – Abzena, the global partner research organization, announced it has successfully completed a technology transfer and scalability evaluation using the Synaffix technologies of GlycoConnect™ (antibody conjugation) and HydraSpace™ (highly polar spacer). Familiarity with these Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) technologies adds to Abzena’s leadership in process development and GMP manufacturing of ADC […] Read more
Abzena expands leadership team with Andrew Kraus as Chief Technology Officer and Philip Payne as Chief Commercial Officer
San Diego, USA , 21 June 2019 – Abzena, the leading global biologics and ADC target partner research organization, announced it has appointed Andrew Kraus as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Philip Payne as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). As CTO Mr. Kraus will implement advanced technology solutions to further enhance data integrity controls, regulatory compliance […] Read more
Abzena announces 14-month cell line to phase 1 GMP service and appointment of Shahram Katousian as Head of biologics manufacturing
San Diego, USA, 3 June 2019 – Abzena, the leading biotherapeutics target to GMP partner research organization (PRO) announced an accelerated program to IND. This reduces timeline from stable pool to GMP down to 14 months. The timeline is achieved by use of single project team with experienced leadership, overlapping of operational activities, internal technology transfer […] Read more
Abzena expands management team: appoints Campbell Bunce to the role of Chief Scientific Officer and Bo Adair as Senior Vice President Process and Operations
Cambridge, UK and San Diego, USA, 28 March 2019 – Abzena, the leading global biologics target to GMP partner research organisation, announced it has appointed Dr Campbell Bunce as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Bo Adair MBA as Senior Vice President Process and Operations. Dr Bunce joined Abzena in November 2015 as SVP Scientific Operations […] Read more
Abzena Announces New Fully Integrated Developability and Optimization Service to Improve Lead Selection and De-risk Biologic Cell Line Development
Cambridge, UK 21 March 2019 – Abzena, the leading biologics target to GMP partner research organisation (PRO), announced its Cambridge UK site has brought together its extensive discovery, immunogenicity assessment, protein engineering, formulation, bioassay and analytical expertise to launch a developability assessment and optimization service to assist customers in selecting and developing the best lead candidate […] Read more
Abzena and Lipum AB sign integrated CMC agreement to produce a novel biologic for autoimmune inflammatory diseases
San Diego, USA, 19 March 2019 – Abzena, the global biologics gene to GMP partner research organization, announced it has signed an agreement to support an integrated CMC program with Lipum, a company developing treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases. Abzena will support Lipum’s anti-BSSL antibody IND program to help develop a novel therapeutic option for […] Read more
ABZENA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ELAINE SAPINOSO AS GLOBAL HEAD OF QUALITY
Addition of experienced leadership in GMP Quality as Abzena increases capacity in biologics and complex small molecule manufacturing San Diego, CA 4 March 2019 – Abzena today announced that it has appointed Elaine Sapinoso as Senior Vice President of Global Quality to support the addition of new manufacturing suites at 2000L scale at its San […] Read more
Abzena Announces Expansion of Integrated Biologics Offering with the Addition of Preformulation and Formulation Capability
Dr. Jonathan Goldman, CEO, Abzena, announced that Abzena has augmented existing discovery to GMP drug substance and Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC) manufacturing and associated analytical services with numerous investments in preformulation and formulation capabilities to enable de-risking of CTA/IND candidates. Abzena’s existing expertise in analytical assessment of biologics and ADCs is strengthened with the addition of […] Read more
Abzena announces 20m$ investment into expansion of integrated biotherapeutics offering (Biologics Drug Substance and ADC) and makes key executive appointment
Significant increase in capacity to 2000 L scale in new GMP facility, addition of extra cell line development capacity and extra chemistry laboratory space. Appointment of Richard Milbank as Chief Financial Officer. San Diego, CA, Bristol, PA and Cambridge, UK 6th Nov. 2018 – Dr. Jonathan Goldman, CEO, announced that Abzena has augmented existing 500 […] Read more
Ken Cunningham, Chairman of Abzena Limited, announced today the appointment of Jonathan Goldman, MD as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following completion of the Acquisition by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS)
Dr. Goldman will focus his efforts on the growth of Abzena as the leading provider of outsourced and integrated services in the biologics early development space by establishing new partnerships with clients, building internal manufacturing capacity and pursuing strategic acquisitions. He joins the company after achieving significant success as the CEO of Aptuit LLC, a […] Read more