biomanufacturing

Pharmaceutics
Jun 29, 2026

New Jersey builds on legacy of leadership in life sciences

New Jersey's life sciences industry tops 127,000 workers as a new report highlights biotech growth, manufacturing and innovation.

Life sciences lab
Jun 22, 2026

Report: NJ expands life sciences leadership

New Jersey expands its life sciences leadership with biotech growth, new biomanufacturing space and innovation investments.

Biotech lab
Jan 12, 2026

OPINION: How New Jersey is leading AI innovation in life sciences

The Garden State is emerging as a national pioneer in artificial intelligence-driven advances in the field, transforming health care, drug discovery and biomanufacturing.

A rendering for lobby upgrades underway at 15 NEST at the Northeast Science and Technology Center in Kenilworth. - PROVIDED BY NEST
Nov 20, 2025

NEST campus in Kenilworth begins multimillion-dollar renovation (photos)

Ownership will add 75,000 square feet of modernized amenity space at the sprawling life sciences and technology campus that previously served as Merck's headquarters.

Middlesex College’s Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning and the Department of Natural Sciences announced Nov. 7, 2025, that they unveiled a new Aseptic Simulation Lab.
Nov 11, 2025

Middlesex College opens aseptic lab with J&J support

With support from Johnson & Johnson and other industry partners, the simulation space trains students for biotech and biomanufacturing careers through NJBioFutures.

On Oct. 16, 2025, Mercer County Community College, with support from Johnson & Johnson, the MCCC Foundation and NJBioFutures, announced the launch of the College’s new Aseptic Biomanufacturing Program and Aseptic Mobile Laboratory.
Oct 17, 2025

MCCC launches aseptic biomanufacturing program, mobile lab

Mercer County Community College's new offering aims to train students for careers in biotechnology and cell therapy.

ProBio Cell & Gene Therapy Center of Excellence in Hopewell
Jul 1, 2025

ProBio opens cell, gene therapy hub in Hopewell

Located at the Princeton West Innovation Campus, the new 128,000-square-foot facility will create more than 110 high-skilled jobs.

Cellares co-founders, President Omar Kurdi and CEO Fabian Gerlinghaus, stand next to a Cell Shuttle, which is a modular platform for industrial scale cell therapy manufacturing, according to the company's website.
Oct 11, 2023

Cellares, Bristol Myers Squibb expand manufacturing agreement

The announcement comes weeks after BMS first entered the Cellares Technology Adoption Partnership (TAP) program — a fast and low-risk opportunity for cell therapy developers to use the automated technology for products in their pipeline.

Cell therapy manufacturer Cellares has secured $255 million in Series C funding that will be used to launch the world’s first commercial-scale Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization Smart Factory in Bridgewater.
Aug 24, 2023

Cellares raises $255M for Bridgewater cell therapy development facility

The funding will help launch the world's first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO) Smart Factory, marking "the beginning of a new era, in which cell therapies will finally be able to reach patients in need,” according to company CEO Fabian Gerlinghaus.

Dr. Christian Hinrichs is the chief of cancer immunotherapy and co-director of the Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence at Rutgers Cancer Institute.
Jul 11, 2023

Rutgers Cancer Institute treats 1st patient using genetically modified T-cells

Through the center's specialized facility and research, "we have the potential to transform the lives of patients with cancer,” said Dr. Christian Hinrichs, chief of cancer immunotherapy.

Enzene Biosciences Ltd.'s New Jersey expansion is supported by Choose New Jersey as well as the New Jersey India Center, Reed Smith and JLL.
Jun 16, 2023

Enzene Biosciences bringing biomanufacturing facility, 300 jobs to Hopewell

“Yet another Indian biopharma company has established itself in the state, demonstrating the strength of the New Jersey-India economic partnership,” said Wesley Mathews, president and CEO of Choose New Jersey.

Debbie Hart, BioNJ president and CEO
Sep 12, 2022

BioNJ holds in-person Manufacturing Brief at NJIT

The event marked the first in-person biomanufacturing conference from the organization in two years. "[W]e want to make sure that we’re supporting New Jersey’s life sciences ecosystem and make sure that it is a place where innovation is happening unencumbered and then patients can access that innovation," said President and CEO Debbie Hart.