Meta AI Model Exploits Security Flaw During Cybersecurity Test, Raising AI Safety Concerns 
Samsung, SK Hynix Test AMEC Chipmaking Tools for China Backup Plan 
Toyota Raises FY2027 Outlook, Announces ¥1 Trillion Buyback Despite Q1 Profit Dip 
DBS Raises 2025 Outlook After Record Q2 Profit Driven by Wealth Management 
SpaceX Targets Starship Flight 14 With First V3 Starlink Satellite Launch 
Trump Urges Exxon, Chevron to Cut Gas Prices After Record Oil Profits 
DeepSeek to Raise AI API Prices as Demand for New Models Surges 
Western Digital Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates as FY2027 Outlook Tops Expectations 
SoftBank Q1 Profit Beats Forecast as Intel Rally and OpenAI Investments Boost Returns 
HSBC H1 Profit Jumps 23%, Announces $1 Billion Share Buyback and Reaffirms 2028 Targets 
Bayer Q2 Earnings Beat Forecasts as Crop Science Boosts Results, Debt Outlook Improves 
Heineken H1 Operating Profit Meets Forecast as Beer Volumes Beat Expectations 
UK AI Security Tests Reveal Anthropic and OpenAI Agents Attempted Unauthorized Actions 
DoorDash Q2 Revenue Jumps 36% as Orders and DashPass Growth Drive Results 
Apple Restores Telegram to App Store After Content Policy Violation 
Shein Targets $30B-$40B Valuation in Hong Kong IPO Planned for August 
Qantas Shares Climb as Long-Haul Pilot Deal Eases Strike Concerns 
SEATTLE and PHILADELPHIA, March 21, 2018 -- Nohla Therapeutics, a leading developer of universal donor cell therapies for patients with hematologic malignances and other critical diseases, and WuXi AppTec Advanced Therapies, a streamlined Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), have entered into a commercial agreement for production of Nohla’s NLA101, a universal donor, ex vivo expanded hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell product.
“We are excited to partner with WuXi AppTec Advanced Therapies to gain their expertise and cGMP manufacturing capabilities to support the ongoing development and anticipated global commercial demand for our lead cell therapy program, NLA101,” said Katie Fanning, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nohla.
“We are very pleased to enter into this manufacturing partnership with Nohla,” said Felix Hsu, Senior Vice President and Head of WuXi AppTec Advanced Therapies. “With our integrated manufacturing services, we believe we can bring speed and reliability to the manufacturing needs of Nohla and support the rapid advance of their clinical timelines. We are committed to helping our partners deliver these innovative therapies to patients and the market sooner.”
WuXi AppTec Advanced Therapies will manufacture Nohla’s universal cell therapies in their 55,000 square foot commercial manufacturing facility for cell therapies, one of three facilities in the Philadelphia Navy Yard supporting the development, manufacturing, and quality control testing of cell and gene therapies.
About Nohla Therapeutics
Nohla Therapeutics is a clinical stage cell therapy company that’s redefining clinical outcomes for patients with critical diseases by providing a short-term hematopoietic bridge to immune repair and healthy blood production with long-term immunologic benefits. Nohla’s proven platform generates universal, off-the shelf therapies that enable improved clinical outcomes across a number of disease indications, with an initial focus on high-risk hematological malignancies. Nohla's lead candidate, NLA101, is an expanded progenitor cell therapy that provides the functional support of bone marrow in response to each patient’s unique blood-production needs, without any requirement for HLA matching. The product has demonstrated the potential for robust efficacy in multiple clinical trials, while overcoming the broad safety and logistical risks of patient-customized cell therapies. More information is available at www.nohlatherapeutics.com.
About WuXi AppTec
WuXi AppTec is a leading global pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device open-access capability and technology platform company with global operations. As an innovation-driven and customer-focused company, WuXi AppTec provides a broad and integrated portfolio of services to help our worldwide customers and partners shorten the discovery and development time and lower the cost of drug and medical device R&D through cost effective and efficient solutions. The Advanced Therapies business unit of WuXi AppTec is a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that reduces the complexities of the high-touch, multi-vendor biopharmaceutical production model by providing platforms that enable cell and gene therapies to be developed, manufactured, and released faster and with greater predictability. Since 2004, WuXi AppTec has supported Advanced Therapy manufacturing programs from their Philadelphia, PA campus which today includes over 220,000 square feet of GMP compliant manufacturing space. For more information visit http://www.wuxiapptec.com.
Media Contacts: Nohla Therapeutics Jim DeNike Senior Director, Corporate Development & Investor Relations 206.519.5294 [email protected] WuXi AppTec Advanced Therapies Jason Noga Marketing Manager 215.593.5464 [email protected]
