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Argonaut Manufacturing Services Expands Capacity for COVID-19 Viral Transport Media (VTM) Filling
New capacity will serve unmet need in COVID-19 testing infrastructure CARLSBAD, CA – Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) serving the life sciences, molecular diagnostics, and biopharma industries, announced to [...]
What to Expect from your First CMO Remote Audit
Remote quality audits (sometimes called “virtual audits” or “e-audits”) are replacing the in-person quality audits that have long been an integral part of selecting a life science Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) or Contract Development and [...]
Why It’s Time to Re-evaluate Your Old Fill/Finish CDMO
With the costs to produce and package a drug climbing, companies are justifiably risk averse when it comes to changing fill/finish CDMOs. Why would you try a new partner company when you have had positive past experiences with another? The unpleasant [...]
Message from Argonaut CEO Wayne Woodard
I hope you are doing well and staying healthy in this challenging time of unprecedented change. I want to share with you how Argonaut is serving clients in these unpredictable times. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in diagnostics m [...]
Has COVID-19 Killed the Life Science Cold Chain?
The COVID-19 pandemic has added complexity to global shipping logistics. There is general market disruption in industry delivery. Airline freight rates are rising as cargo capacity falls over 29% compared to 2019. At the same time, new customs restri [...]
Immediate COVID-19 Vaccine & Therapeutic Fill/Finish Production Availability Announced by Argonaut Manufacturing Services
Advanced Facility Readies to Combat COVID-19 (Carlsbad, CA) March 23, 2020 – Argonaut Manufacturing Services announced today it has immediate availability for aseptic drug product manufacturing fill/finish service. Argonaut will provide services for [...]
Need for Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics Surge Capacity Revealed by the Coronavirus Outbreak
The global COVID-19 outbreak has served as an important lesson for companies worldwide on the importance of supply chain integrity. Factory shutdowns across China are wreaking havoc on unprepared companies in every industry, leaving organizations scr [...]
Open Biopharma and Argonaut Manufacturing Services selected to host BIO International Ecosystem Tour in North County, San Diego
CARLSBAD, CA, Mar. 3, 2020 Open Biopharma Research and Training Institute and Argonaut Manufacturing Services announced today their selection as a Biotech Ecosystem Tour for the 2020 BIO International Convention. Ecosystem Tours are competitively cho [...]
Argonaut Manufacturing Services and Particle Measuring Systems Partnering for Top Tier Results
Partnership leverages their individual strengths to achieve high quality, reliable drug product manufacturing. February 25, 2020 – Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biopharmaceuticals, a [...]
BioSkryb Partners with Argonaut Manufacturing Services to Accelerate Production of Key Genomic Amplification Products
DURHAM, February 24, 2020 -- BioSkryb, Inc., a developer of genomic amplification technologies that deliver higher coverage and fidelity for gene sequencing, today announced that it is partnering with Argonaut Manufacturing Services, a contract manuf [...]