Pharmaceutical customers will benefit from a broader set of specialized CDMO capabilities SANTA CLARA, California, September 20, 2024 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the company has completed its acquisition of BIOVECTRA, a Canada-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that specializes in biologics, highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients, and other molecules […]
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Agilent Technologies to Acquire BIOVECTRA Inc., Creating New Synergistic Opportunities to Improve Patient Care
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island and SANTA CLARA, California – July 22, 2024 BIOVECTRA Inc. and Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the signing of an agreement for Agilent to acquire BIOVECTRA, a Canadian-based Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization, from H.I.G. Capital for $925 million. The acquisition provides the ability to expand the range of […]
BIOVECTRA Launches Specialized Capabilities in mRNA Drug Product Development and Biomanufacturing
CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, November 17th, 2023 – Today BIOVECTRA celebrates the completion of its $90 million plus biologics expansion at the company’s new state-of-the-art Biomanufacturing Centre with project partners the Government of Canada and Government of Prince Edward Island. “This expansion places BIOVECTRA at the forefront of supporting the next generation of treatments for today’s […]
BIOVECTRA Signs Service Agreement with Acuitas Therapeutics for Unique Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) Delivery System Used in Manufacturing mRNA-Based Therapies
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, October 5, 2023 – BIOVECTRA and Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a technology transfer service agreement under which BIOVECTRA will accept, on a non-exclusive basis, Acuitas’ best-in-class LNP technology platform for manufacturing mRNA-based therapeutics. “We are thrilled about this partnership with Acuitas […]
BIOVECTRA Welcomes Normand Blais to Senior Director, Development & Innovation, Biologics Role
Charlottetown, P.E.I. (January 18, 2023) – BIOVECTRA is pleased to announce that Normand Blais was appointed as Senior Director, Development & Innovation, Biologics. Reporting to the Chief Science Officer, Mr. Blais will be responsible for the strategic direction shaping BIOVECTRA’s pDNA & mRNA vaccine process science program. Mr. Blais is accomplished in early-candidate vaccine […]
BIOVECTRA Named One of Canada’s Top Employers Again in 2023
Charlottetown, P.E.I. (November 22, 2022) – BIOVECTRA was selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for a second consecutive year and is considered amongst the country’s leading workplaces. BIOVECTRA is a fast growing, forward-thinking contract development, and manufacturing organization (CDMO) solving complex challenges to improve patient care for some of the world’s top […]
BIOVECTRA Expands Manufacturing Capacity with Single-Use Microbial Fermentation Technology
Charlottetown, CANADA, October 31, 2022 – BIOVECTRA is ready to accept projects at its manufacturing facility in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, for its new, single-use biologics fermentation suite. Containing 100 L and 1,000 L single-use fermenters, this state-of-the-art process train enhances BIOVECTRA’s microbial fermentation overall network of capacity and allows BIOVECTRA to support even […]
BIOVECTRA Named to True North List of Leading Canadian Companies
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – BIOVECTRA was recently named to Communitech’s True North list as one of Canada’s high performing tech companies that has a promising growth trajectory. Team True North is a roster of Canadian innovation companies shown by verified data to have the highest probability of reaching $1B in revenue. As global markets experience […]
BIOVECTRA Starts Construction on its Charlottetown mRNA Biomanufacturing Centre
Charlottetown, P.E.I. (April 14, 2022) – BIOVECTRA broke ground today, with help from provincial and federal officials, on a cutting-edge facility that will manufacture mRNA vaccines and therapeutics starting in 2023. BIOVECTRA’s mRNA Vaccine and Biomanufacturing Centre will add 36,000 square feet to its existing Charlottetown campus and, when operational, the cGMP facility will […]
BIOVECTRA mRNA Vaccine and Bio-manufacturing Facility Announced
Charlottetown, P.E.I. (November 18, 2021) – BIOVECTRA today announced plans for the development of a state-of-the-art facility specializing in the production and manufacturing of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics – one of the first of its kind in Canada. This exciting new capability will result from a joint private-public investment made by BIOVECTRA and the […]