Guest Column | December 9, 2024

November 2024 — CDMO Opportunities And Threats Report

By GlobalData

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Each month, Outsourced Pharma works in conjunction with PharmSource, part of GlobalData, to present its “Contract Manufacturing: Opportunities and Threats (CMOT) Report” to our readers. The report identifies CDMOs that might be impacted by key events affecting their clients, including company acquisitions, product acquisitions and licenses, product approvals, late clinical product terminations, and FDA rejections.

Contractor BioPharma Company Event Product* Relationship

POTENTIALLY POSITIVE

Piramal Pharma Solutions Inc Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc Trial planned - Phase III to demonstrate non-inferiority of drug to vancomycin for clostridioides difficile infections (clostridium difficile associated disease) ibezapolstat Small mol API, Solid dose manufacture
Alchem Laboratories Corp Atossa Therapeutics Inc Positive Phase II top-line results of the drug for the treatment in Premenopausal Women  with mammographic breast density endoxifen Solid dose manufacture
Patheon NV AbbVie Inc FDA approval of the drug for the treatment of motor fluctuations in adults with advanced Parkinson’s disease Vyalev Parenteral manufacture & packaging
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG Pfizer Inc FDA expanded indication of the drug  for the treatment of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) to reduce the recurrence of VTE in pediatric patients” indication from 1 month down to birth (gestational age at least 35 weeks) Fragmin Parenteral manufacture
Catalent France Limoges SAS Pfizer Inc FDA expanded indication of the drug  for the treatment of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) to reduce the recurrence of VTE in pediatric patients” indication from 1 month down to birth (gestational age at least 35 weeks) Fragmin Parenteral manufacture & packaging
IDT Biologika GmbH Sandoz Inc FDA expanded indication of the drug to increase survival in patients acutely exposed to myelosuppressive doses of radiation (Hematopoietic Syndrome of Acute Radiation Syndrome) Zarxio Parenteral manufacture & packaging
Bayer AG Sandoz Inc FDA expanded indication of the drug to increase survival in patients acutely exposed to myelosuppressive doses of radiation (Hematopoietic Syndrome of Acute Radiation Syndrome) Zarxio Parenteral manufacture & packaging
SGS Quay Pharmaceuticals Ltd Shorla Oncology FDA expanded indication of the drug for the treatment of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia),Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (PJIA) Jylamvo Solid dose manufacture & packaging
Patheon NV Astellas US LLC FDA approval of the drug in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy, is indicated for the first-line treatment of adults with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma whose tumors are claudin (CLDN) 18.2 positive as determined by an FDA-approved test Vyloy Biologic API
ACS Dobfar SpA Pfizer Inc EMA expanded indication of the drug in adults and paediatric patients from birth for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI), complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI), including pyelonephritis, hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), including ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) Zavicefta Parenteral manufacture & packaging
Catalent Indiana LLC Johnson & Johnson EMA expanded indication of the drug in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant Darzalex Biologic API
Biogen Inc Johnson & Johnson EMA expanded indication of the drug in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant Darzalex Biologic API
Charles River Laboratories International Inc Johnson & Johnson EMA expanded indication of the drug in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant Darzalex Biologic API
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies USA Inc Johnson & Johnson EMA expanded indication of the drug in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant Darzalex Biologic API
Catalent Indiana LLC AstraZeneca AB EMA expanded indication of the drug has been approved as an add-on treatment for adult patients with relapsing or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) Fasenra Parenteral manufacture & packaging
Catalent Indiana LLC Sanofi Winthrop Industrie SA EMA expanded indication of the drug  for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in children as young as 1 year of age Dupixent Parenteral manufacture & packaging
Cambrex Corp Neuraxpharm UK Ltd UK MHRA approval of the drug for the treatment of prolonged, acute, convulsive seizures only in adolescents, children and infants aged ≥3 months Buccolam Small mol API
Wasdell Packaging Group Neuraxpharm UK Ltd UK MHRA approval of the drug for the treatment of prolonged, acute, convulsive seizures only in adolescents, children and infants aged ≥3 months Buccolam Parenteral packaging
AstraZeneca Plc Merck & Co Inc EMA expanded indication of the drug in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, for the first-line treatment of primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy; in combination with chemoradiotherapy (CRT), for the treatment of FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) 2014 Stage III-IVA locally advanced cervical cancer in adults who have not received prior definitive therapy Keytruda Biologic API
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG Merck & Co Inc EMA expanded indication of the drug in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, for the first-line treatment of primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy; in combination with chemoradiotherapy (CRT), for the treatment of FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) 2014 Stage III-IVA locally advanced cervical cancer in adults who have not received prior definitive therapy Keytruda Biologic API
Organon & Co Merck & Co Inc EMA expanded indication of the drug in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, for the first-line treatment of primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy; in combination with chemoradiotherapy (CRT), for the treatment of FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) 2014 Stage III-IVA locally advanced cervical cancer in adults who have not received prior definitive therapy Keytruda Parenteral packaging
WuXi Biologics Co Ltd SFL Pharma GmbH UK MHRA approval of the drug in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy is indicated for the firstline treatment of adults with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no sensitising EGFR mutations, or ALK, ROS1 or RET genomic tumour aberrations Eqjubi Biologic API
Sharp Packaging Services SFL Pharma GmbH UK MHRA approval of the drug in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy is indicated for the firstline treatment of adults with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no sensitising EGFR mutations, or ALK, ROS1 or RET genomic tumour aberrations Eqjubi Parenteral packaging
Catalent Nottingham Ltd Blueprint Medicines Corp NICE recommended the drug within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating advanced systemic mastocytosis (including aggressive systemic mastocytosis, systemic mastocytosis with an associated haematological neoplasm and mast cell leukaemia) in adults. Drug is only recommended if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement Ayvakyt Solid dose manufacture
PCI Pharma Services Blueprint Medicines Corp NICE recommended the drug within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating advanced systemic mastocytosis (including aggressive systemic mastocytosis, systemic mastocytosis with an associated haematological neoplasm and mast cell leukaemia) in adults. Drug is only recommended if the company provides it according to the commercial arrangement Ayvakyt Solid dose packaging

Notes:

Source: GlobalData, Pharma Intelligence Center (Accessed March 10, 2021) ©GlobalData
EMA = European Medicines Agency; NICE = National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
* New molecular entities are in bold
** Denotes product being marketed or in the pipeline for COVID-19 therapy area