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Germany’s Merck said on March 11 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kobe-based CDMO Cyto-Facto to accelerate the development and manufacturing of cell and gene therapies.Under the deal, Merck will leverage its VirusExpress 293T lentiviral production cells,…
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