PR Release – BioCina awarded Grants to develop enabling technologies for manufacture of precision mRNA vaccines

MIAMI and ADELAIDE, Australia, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $5.0m AUD grant under the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Grants scheme to fund work with its industry partners to develop enabling technologies for manufacture of precision mRNA vaccines. The grant has […]

Q&A: BioCina’s new CEO Mark Womack on the CDMO he says is ‘worth traveling over’

March 29, 2023 Published on Endpoints News A handful of CDMOs have made changes at the top over the past few weeks, including Genezen and Curia. That also includes Australian CDMO BioCina, which announced last week that Mark Womack would be taking the helm. Womack previously served as chief business officer at AGC Biologics, CEO […]

PR Release – Mark W. Womack Joins BioCina as CEO

PR Release - Mark W. Womack Joins BioCina as CEO (MIAMI and ADELAIDE March 14, 2023) BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) has appointed Mark W. Womack as CEO. Womack will be responsible for the continued growth, commercial strategy and organizational culture of BioCina. This follows the appointment of founding CEO, Ian Wisenberg, to [...]

SA’s own needle-free Covid vaccine to start human trials

June 20, 2022 Published in Sunday Mail, by Brad Crouch Excerpts copied below. Read the full article in Sunday Mail at the link at the bottom of the page. A new Covid-19 vaccine designed and manufactured in Adelaide starts human trials this week with potential to become a major export earner – and it doesn’t […]

PR Release – BioCina announces opening of new GMP plasmid DNA manufacturing suite

(SAN DIEGO and ADELAIDE June 13, 2022) BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) today announced that the company has expanded its CDMO service offering to include the manufacture of plasmid DNA (pDNA) in a new dedicated GMP suite. The suite is equipped with up to 300 L single use fermentation capacity and suitably scaled [...]

PR Release – BioCina awarded Grant to advance RNA vaccines and therapeutics

(SAN DIEGO and ADELAIDE April 5, 2022) BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $3.0m AUD grant under the Federal Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants scheme to fund work with its industry partners to further develop RNA vaccines and therapeutics. The grant has […]

PR Release – Rick Hancock named as Board Chairman for BioCina

(SAN DIEGO and ADELAIDE January 26,2022) BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) announces the appointment of Rick Hancock, Chairman of the Board. Hancock, with over 35 years of experience in life sciences, has held various board, executive and operational positions, developing expertise in cGMP manufacturing including plasmids, regulatory affairs, R & D, and operational […]

PR Release – BioCina expands expertise of Board of Directors with new member Sven Lee

(San Diego, June 30, 2021) BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in process development and cGMP manufacturing of microbial-based therapeutics announces today the appointment of Sven Lee to the Board of Directors. BioCina is recognized for delivering high-quality, cost effective microbial process development and manufacturing solutions, leveraging a team of multi-disciplinary […]

PR Release – BioCina officially opens full-service CDMO in Adelaide, Australia, including mRNA and pDNA cGMP manufacturing

(SAN DIEGO and ADELAIDE, November 30, 2021) BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in process development and cGMP manufacturing of microbial-based therapeutics and mRNA vaccines announces the official opening of its new biologics manufacturing facility in Adelaide, Australia. The official opening for the research, development and manufacturing biologic plant in Adelaide […]

PR Release – BioCina expands into full-service CDMO with full control of Pfizer manufacturing facility in Adelaide, Australia

(SAN DIEGO and ADELAIDE, October 5, 2021) BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in process development and cGMP manufacturing of microbial-based therapeutics and mRNA vaccines announces the full and final transition from Hospira Adelaide Pty Ltd., an affiliate of Pfizer Inc., of its biologics manufacturing facility, colleagues and operations in Adelaide, Australia. This completes […]