August 1, 2023
MIAMI, FL and VILNIUS, Lithuania – August 1, 2023 – iTolerance, Inc. (“iTolerance” or the “Company”), an early-stage regenerative medicine company developing technologies to enable tissue, organoid or cell therapy without the need for life-long immunosuppression, and Northway Biotech, an end-to-end biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), today announced they have entered into a partnership agreement for the manufacturing of iTolerance's Streptavidin-FasL (SA-FasL) fusion protein, a crucial component of the proprietary iTOL-100 platform technology. The SA-FasL fusion protein has shown great potential in pre-clinical studies, establishing durable, localized immune tolerance and enabling implanted tissue, organoid, or cell therapy to function as a viable replacement for damaged native cells.
June 8, 2023
Waltham, MA, US - June 8, 2023 – Northway Biotech, a biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), established in 2004, with an EMA and FDA-compliant, state-of-the-art cGMP manufacturing site in Vilnius, Lithuania, has marked a significant achievement with the completion of its cGMP manufacturing facilities expansion project in Waltham, Massachusetts. This growth extends the firm's existing track record in delivering state-of-the-art biopharmaceutical solutions to partners worldwide.
May 24, 2023
Waltham, MA, US - May 24, 2023 – Northway Biotech, a biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), established in 2004, with an EMA and FDA-compliant, state-of-the-art cGMP manufacturing site in Vilnius, Lithuania, announced the completion of its expansion project for cGMP manufacturing facilities in Waltham, Massachusetts. This significant accomplishment further solidifies Northway Biotech's standing as an influential player in the global biopharmaceutical landscape.
May 16, 2023
Kiel, Germany, May 16, 2023 – tiakis Biotech AG (tiakis), in collaboration with its CDMO partner Northway Biotech, is pleased to announce the successful completion of a technology transfer and ramp-up of manufacturing capabilities for Tiprelestat, a pioneering anti-inflammatory and tissue-protective drug being developed for the prevention of postoperative inflammatory complications following major surgery, treatment of COVID-19 and pulmonary arterial hypertension. For the first time worldwide, a clinical trial is being supported by Tiprelestat study material produced at an industrial fermentation scale, representing a ten-fold increase in manufacturing potential to 3,000 L.
December 6, 2022
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 06 December 2022 – Immutep Limited (ASX: IMM; NASDAQ: IMMP) ("Immutep” or “the Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel LAG-3 immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune disease, announced today that a GMP compliant manufacturing process has been established for IMP761, its proprietary preclinical candidate for autoimmune diseases. The 200L scale attained by Northway Biotech, an end-to-end biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), will ensure supply of IMP761 for IND-enabling studies and ensuing clinical trials.
December 16, 2021
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 16 December 2021 – Immutep Limited (ASX: IMM; NASDAQ: IMMP) ("Immutep” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company developing novel LAG-3 related immunotherapy treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases, is pleased to announce it has signed a Manufacturing Service Agreement (MSA) with Northway Biotech, an end-to-end biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), to manufacture IMP761 ahead of clinical testing.
June 9, 2021
WALTHAM, Mass and VILNIUS, Lithuania, and NEW ORLEANS and LONDON – June 9, 2021 – Northway Biotech, a global end-to-end biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Revolo Biotherapeutics ("Revolo Bio" or the "Company"), a company developing therapies that reset the immune system to achieve superior long-term remission for patients with autoimmune and allergic diseases, to manufacture Revolo Biotherapeutics' binding immuno-regulatory protein, ‘1805.
February 5, 2021
In 2019, companies, working in the Lithuanian biotechnology sector, have shown a growth of 24% in revenue, exceeding 1 billion Eur. The sector is expected to maintain the same rapid pace in 2020 as well. However, entrepreneurs and scientists, working in the industry believe that the future growth should be even faster, while the pandemic, the green deal of the European Union and the funding from the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility could become an incentive for a rapid leap of the Lithuanian biotechnology sector.
January 20, 2021
Waltham, MA, US – January 20, 2021 – Northway Biotech, a biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), established in 2004, with an EMA and FDA-compliant, state-of-the-art, cGMP manufacturing site in Europe, announced at the virtual grand opening ceremony today, the opening of its new 30,000 square-foot process development and cGMP manufacturing site in Waltham, Massachusetts.
December 9, 2020
Vilnius, Lithuania, and Waltham, MA, US - December 9, 2020 - Northway Biotechpharma, providing end-to-end contract drug development and manufacturing (CDMO) services, announces brand name change to Northway Biotech. Along with the tradename change, Dr. Vladas Algirdas Bumelis also returns to the helm as Chief Executive Officer at the company he founded.
August 14, 2020
Vilnius, Lithuania, and Schlieren, Switzerland – August 11, 2020 – Northway Biotechpharma (Northway), a leading biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Swiss biotech company Memo Therapeutics AG (MTx), announce a new partnership to manufacture MTx’s therapeutic COVID-19 antibody candidate in a 4-month fast-track process approved by regulatory authorities.
June 25, 2020
Vilnius, Lithuania, and Zurich, Switzerland – June 25, 2020 – Northway Biotechpharma, a leading biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Swiss biotech company Memo Therapeutics AG have signed a Development and Manufacturing Agreement for a therapeutic antibody.
February 6, 2020
Vilnius, Lithuania, and Solna, Sweden – February 06, 2020 – Northway Biotechpharma, a leading biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Swedish biotech company Affibody, announced today that they signed a Manufacturing & Supply Agreement.
January 30, 2020
December 20, 2019
Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lund, Sweden - December 20th, 2019 – Northway Biotechpharma, a leading biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Hansa Biopharma, the leader in immunomodulatory enzyme technology for rare IgG-mediated diseases, today announced a new service agreement to develop the next generation of IgG cleaving enzymes.
December 18, 2019
Vilnius, Lithuania, and Copenhagen, Denmark – December 18th 2019 – Northway Biotechpharma, a leading biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Synklino, a company active in developing a therapeutic protein‑based therapy as treatment for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, announced today that they entered into a Development and Manufacturing Agreement for the recombinant fusion protein SYNx, which Synklino aims to bring into clinical trials.
December 18, 2019
Northway Biotechpharma, a leading biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), celebrates its 15th anniversary today. As a midsized CDMO, Northway Biotechpharma is able to provide flexibility and responsiveness backed by a strong foundation in science and technology. The company focuses on understanding its customers and meeting their specific needs without binding them to one single approach. It is able to react rapidly to unexpected project changes, adjusting timelines, capacities and other activities to meet its customers’ evolving needs. On average, Northway Biotechpharma has 25–30 development projects underway each year, ranging from gene cloning to final drug product manufacturing.
October 21, 2019
We would like to announce that on 2018-06-18 UAB Biotechnologinės farmacijos centras “Biotechpharma” and Public Institution Lithuanian Business Support Agency signed an agreement for the development of “Biosimilar monoclonal antibody fragment synthesis in E. coli, manufacturing technology generation and capacity upscaling to 3000L” project. This project is financed according to the 2014-2020 European Union Investment Funds program, Priority No. 1 “Promotion of scientific research, experimental development and innovation”, No. J05-LVPA-K “Intelektas. Bendri mokslo – verslo projektai” invitation No. 3. “Biotechpharma” will recieve 3.984.837,68 EUR from the European Union Funds to support successful project implementation. Project implementation period is from 2018 till 2021.
July 16, 2019
Northway Biotechpharma would like to announce that UAB “Biotechpharma” has implemented the project “Creation of pegylated alpha 5 interferon”, financed according to the Operational Programme for The European Union Funds Investments for 2014-2020, Priority No. 1 “Promotion of scientific researches, experimental development and innovation”, No. J05-LVPA-K “Intelektas. Bendri mokslo – verslo projektai” invitation No 1. “Biotechpharma” has received 507.184,09 EUR support from the European Union Funds for implementation of the project.
May 21, 2019
Lithuania is a small country in the Baltic region of northeastern Europe bordering the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea. While largely a service economy, Lithuania, which is a member of the European Union, has a substantial industrial sector that produces chemical products, plastics, machinery and appliances. Biotechpharma UAB, a rapidly growing contract development and manufacturing organization located in Vilnius, is adding biologic drug substances and drug products to the list of goods exported throughout Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.