TRCA » Topics » Manufacturing:

This excerpt taken from the TRCA 10-K filed Feb 29, 2008.

Manufacturing

Increlex®.    We have agreements with Lonza Baltimore, Inc., or Lonza Baltimore, and Lonza Hopkinton, Inc., or Lonza Hopkinton, for the manufacture and supply of bulk rhIGF-1. Under our agreement with Lonza Baltimore, Lonza Baltimore is manufacturing bulk rhIGF-1 to support our anticipated clinical and commercial needs until early 2010. This manufacturing is being conducted in a single, large campaign and is expected to

 

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complete in mid 2008. Upon completion of the 2008 campaign, our agreement with Lonza Baltimore will terminate. Under our current agreement with Lonza Hopkinton, we are working to transfer to and establish commercial manufacturing in Lonza Hopkinton’s facility in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, for which we expect to complete our validation (conformance) campaign in 2008. However, it will take significant time and expense to complete the transfer to and validate the Lonza Hopkinton manufacturing facility. Prior to our use, Lonza Hopkinton’s facilities and processes will need to undergo pre-approval and/or current good manufacturing practices, or cGMP, compliance inspections. In addition, we need to transfer and validate the processes and certain analytical methods necessary for the production and testing of bulk rhIGF-1 by Lonza Hopkinton. Our current agreement with Lonza Hopkinton provides that Lonza Hopkinton will manufacture and supply bulk rhIGF-1 in support of our needs until our current agreement with Lonza Hopkinton is terminated by our and Lonza Hopkinton’s entry into a more detailed agreement for the long-term manufacture of bulk rhIGF-1, or by either our or Lonza Hopkinton’s advance written notice of termination of our current agreement effective on the later of the third anniversary of the notice or May 14, 2011. We expect to terminate the agreement with Lonza Hopkinton by execution of the detailed agreement with Lonza Hopkinton for the long-term manufacture of bulk rhIGF-1 in 2008. We will also have a quality agreement with Lonza Hopkinton designed to ensure that product quality, compliance with cGMP, and oversight over all critical aspects of rhIGF-1 production, testing and release is maintained.

In November 2006, we executed a Development and Supply Agreement and a Quality Agreement for drug product filling, packaging, and labeling, with Hospira Worldwide, Inc. or Hospira. These agreements have an initial term of five years from the time of first commercial sale, and thus are anticipated to last through 2013. We expect to complete the technology transfer and manufacturing validation at this manufacturer in the first half of 2008.

Our U.S. License and Collaboration Agreement with Genentech provides us with rights and access to Genentech’s manufacturing technology and documentation associated with Genentech’s manufacture and testing of rhIGF-1, including Genentech’s proprietary large-scale manufacturing process for producing bulk rhIGF-1. This includes production cell banks, production batch records, development reports, analytical methods and regulatory documents describing improvements and changes to the production process.

Our Combination Product Agreement with Genentech provides us with rights and access to Genentech’s Nutropin AQ® supply, manufacturing technology, and technical documentation associated with Genentech’s drug product manufacture and testing of rhGH, including development information for the co-mixable product combination. This includes development reports, analytical methods and regulatory documents.

Somatuline® Depot.    Ipsen is our sole supplier of Somatuline® Depot. We have no alternative manufacturing facilities or plans for any alternative facilities at this time. We do not have direct control over Ipsen’s compliance with regulations and standards. The facilities used by and operations of Ipsen to manufacture Somatuline® Depot must undergo periodic inspections by the FDA and other regulatory authorities for compliance with cGMP regulations to ensure continued supply of Somatuline® Depot to our U.S. and Canadian (Somatuline® Autogel®) markets. We have a quality agreement with Ipsen designed to ensure that product quality, compliance with cGMP, and oversight over all critical aspects of Somatuline® Depot production, testing and release is maintained.

This excerpt taken from the TRCA 10-Q filed Aug 2, 2007.

Manufacturing:

 

   

The COMPANY’s manufacturing process for production of the DRUG SUBSTANCE will be transferred from the Baltimore Site to the Hopkinton Site.

 

   

LONZA will establish COMPANY’s manufacturing process for the production of DRUG SUBSTANCE on a [ * ] liter scale in compliance with cGMP and the Master Production Record (which term shall have the same definition as that of “Master Production Record” set forth in Section 1.43 of that certain Manufacturing Services Agreement

 


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between Cambrex Bio Science Baltimore, Inc. and Tercica Medica, Inc. of December 20, 2002, as amended, subject to any changes proposed by LONZA and agreed to by COMPANY as necessary for scale-up and/or improvement of the process to accommodate a [ * ] liter fermentation batch size) at the Hopkinton Site (such process as established at the Hopkinton Site, the “Manufacturing Process”).

 

   

LONZA will perform a manufacturing campaign using the Manufacturing Process to produce DRUG SUBSTANCE for conformance and pre-commercial purposes (the “cGMP Conformance and Pre-Commercial Campaign”) during the calendar years of [ * ] and [ * ], which cGMP Conformance and Pre-Commercial Campaign shall be a single campaign consisting of [ * ] validation batches of DRUG SUBSTANCE and up to [ * ] additional batches of DRUG SUBSTANCE.

 

   

LONZA will establish the Manufacturing Process in time for LONZA to perform manufacturing campaigns throughout the calendar year [ * ], during which period LONZA will produce DRUG SUBSTANCE for use in the manufacture of commercial DRUG PRODUCT.

 

   

Upon the FDA’s approval (“FDA Approval”) of the Manufacturing Process for the production of DRUG SUBSTANCE for use in the manufacture of DRUG PRODUCT for commercial sale or clinical use (any such DRUG SUBSTANCE so produced after FDA approval and designated for the manufacture of DRUG PRODUCT for commercial sale or clinical use, the “COMMERCIAL DRUG SUBSTANCE”), COMPANY will have a minimum purchase requirement of [ * ] batches of COMMERCIAL DRUG SUBSTANCE per year.

 

   

Subject to the COMPANY RIGHTS (as defined below), the Parties agree that with respect to the purchase or supply of DRUG SUBSTANCE (including without limitation COMMERCIAL DRUG SUBSTANCE) this Agreement and the Detailed Agreement shall be construed as preventing or otherwise inhibiting COMPANY from (i) manufacturing any additional supply of DRUG SUBSTANCE (ii) having any additional supply of DRUG SUBSTANCE manufactured for COMPANY by one or more third parties and/or (iii) purchasing any additional supply of DRUG SUBSTANCE manufactured by one or more third parties.

 

   

LONZA shall have no obligation to manufacture and supply more than (i) [ * ] of DRUG SUBSTANCE in each of the first [ * ] full calendar years of this Agreement and the Detailed Agreement and (ii) [ * ] of DRUG SUBSTANCE in any of the calendar year thereafter (collectively, the “Maximum Delivery Obligation”). In the event that COMPANY shall notify (the “Excess Demand Notice”) LONZA of its requirements for a quantity of DRUG SUBSTANCE in excess of the Maximum Delivery Obligation (the “Excess Demand”), LONZA shall have a right of first refusal to elect to supply such Excess Demand (the “Excess Demand Option”). LONZA shall notify COMPANY in writing of whether or not it intends to exercise the Excess Demand Option within [ * ] months of the date of receipt of the Excess Demand Notice (the “Notice Period”). In the event that LONZA exercises the Excess Demand Option, then LONZA shall be required to make

 


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available a second location for the manufacture of the DRUG SUBSTANCE, and the Parties shall promptly meet to discuss amending the Detailed Agreement to provide for same. In the event that LONZA determines not to exercise the Excess Demand Option or fails to provide COMPANY written notice of its intentions regarding same within the Notice Period, then COMPANY shall be free to exercise its rights, by itself or through one or more third parties, to (i) manufacture any additional supply of DRUG SUBSTANCE, (ii) have any additional supply of DRUG SUBSTANCE manufactured for COMPANY by one or more third parties and/or (iii) purchase any additional supply of DRUG SUBSTANCE manufactured by one or more third parties, in each case, solely in excess of the Maximum Delivery Obligation as set forth above (the “COMPANY RIGHTS”).

This excerpt taken from the TRCA 10-K filed Mar 9, 2007.

Manufacturing

Increlex.    We have a Manufacturing Services Agreement with Cambrex Bio Science Baltimore, Inc., or Cambrex Baltimore, for the manufacture and supply of bulk rhIGF-1. We have extended the Manufacturing Service Agreement for four additional years and the agreement now terminates in December 2012. Under this agreement, Cambrex Baltimore is obligated to provide us with up to 24 kilograms of rhIGF-1 per year. We believe this quantity will be sufficient to supply our expected requirements through at least 2011. We also have a quality agreement with Cambrex Baltimore to ensure that product quality, compliance with cGMP and oversight over all critical aspects of rhIGF-1 production, testing and release is maintained.

In October 2006, Cambrex Corporation announced plans to sell its BioPharma subsidiary, which includes its Baltimore manufacturing operations, to Lonza Group AG, or Lonza Baltimore Inc. The sale to Lonza Baltimore was completed in February 2007, and we expect our contractual relationship with Cambrex to continue with Lonza Baltimore.

In November 2006, we executed a Development and Supply Agreement and a Quality Agreement for drug product filling, packaging, and labeling, with a commercial contract manufacturer. These agreements have an initial term of five years from the time of first commercial sale, and thus are anticipated to last through 2012. We expect to complete the technology transfer and manufacturing validation at this manufacturer by the end of 2007.

Our U.S. License and Collaboration Agreement with Genentech provides us with rights and access to Genentech’s manufacturing technology and documentation associated with Genentech’s manufacture and testing of rhIGF-1, including Genentech’s proprietary large-scale manufacturing process for producing bulk rhIGF-1. This includes production cell banks, production batch records, development reports, analytical methods and regulatory documents describing improvements and changes to the production process.

Somatuline® Autogel®.    Ipsen is our sole provider of Somatuline® Autogel®. We have no alternative manufacturing facilities or plans for any alternative facilities at this time. We do not have direct control over Ipsen’s compliance with regulations and standards. The facilities used by and operations of Ipsen to manufacture Somatuline® Autogel® must undergo an inspection by the FDA for compliance with cGMP regulations before Somatuline® Autogel® can be approved in the United States.

This excerpt taken from the TRCA 10-K filed Mar 16, 2006.

Manufacturing

We have a manufacturing and services agreement with Cambrex Bio Science Baltimore, Inc., or Cambrex Baltimore, for the manufacture and supply of bulk rhIGF-1. This agreement terminates in December 2008. Under this agreement, Cambrex Baltimore is obligated to provide us with up to 24 kilograms of rhIGF-1 per year, subject to the establishment and validation of the manufacturing process for rhIGF-1, which we have completed as of 2005. We currently believe that this quantity will be sufficient to supply our expected requirements through at least 2008. We executed a Quality Agreement with Cambrex Baltimore to ensure that we maintain product quality, compliance with cGMP and oversight over all critical aspects of rhIGF-1 production, testing and release.

Our U.S. License and Collaboration Agreement with Genentech provides us with rights and access to Genentech’s manufacturing technology and documentation associated with Genentech’s manufacture and testing of rhIGF-1, including Genentech’s proprietary large-scale manufacturing process for producing bulk rhIGF-1. This includes production cell banks, production batch records, development reports, analytical methods and regulatory documents describing improvements and changes to the production process.

We believe that there is an increasing acceptance by the FDA and European Medicines Agency of a comparability-based assessment without the need to repeat clinical studies, if appropriate analytical methods are available to fully characterize the product. There can be no assurance, however, that such regulatory bodies will permit us to proceed with our marketing applications based solely on comparability- based laboratory assessments. There are a number of regulatory agency guidelines providing guidance to the industry on the demonstration of comparability for human therapeutic products. Specific FDA guidances enable manufacturers to assess changes to manufacturing processes based on the potential impact on final product safety and efficacy, to develop a comparability assessment program appropriate to the molecule, and to verify the impact of the changes.

This excerpt taken from the TRCA 10-K filed Mar 24, 2005.

Manufacturing

 

We have a manufacturing and services agreement with Cambrex Bio Science Baltimore, Inc., or Cambrex Baltimore, for the manufacture and supply of bulk rhIGF-1. This agreement terminates in December 2008. Under this agreement, Cambrex Baltimore is obligated to provide us with up to 24 kilograms of rhIGF-1 per year, subject to the establishment and validation of the manufacturing process for rhIGF-1. We currently believe that this quantity will be sufficient to supply our expected requirements through at least 2008. We executed a Quality Agreement with Cambrex Baltimore in order to ensure that we maintain product quality, compliance with cGMP and oversight over all critical aspects of rhIGF-1 production, testing and release.

 

Our U.S. License and Collaboration Agreement with Genentech provides us with rights and access to Genentech’s manufacturing technology and documentation associated with Genentech’s manufacture and testing of rhIGF-1, including Genentech’s proprietary large-scale manufacturing process for producing bulk rhIGF-1. This includes production cell banks, production batch records, development reports, analytical methods and regulatory documents describing improvements and changes to the production process.

 

We have completed the transfer of Genentech’s proprietary manufacturing technology to our contract manufacturers and have established the process for high yield, commercial scale manufacturing. We have manufactured rhIGF-1 on a full-scale production basis according to cGMP and completed our manufacturing process validation conformance campaign.

 

In order to obtain FDA approval of our Increlex, we are required to conduct a comprehensive assessment program to demonstrate structural and functional comparability between the Genentech and Tercica rhIGF-1 products. In November 2003, we submitted a comparability plan for discussion with the FDA. We executed this plan in 2004 during the manufacturing and testing of full-scale production runs of rhIGF-1. The FDA accepted this plan for demonstration of product comparability as part of our NDA at our pre-NDA meeting, and we have submitted these results as part of our NDA. Based on extensive testing, we currently believe that our rhIGF-1 is comparable to the rhIGF-1 previously manufactured by Genentech and are using this material in our current Phase III studies. If we fail to convince the FDA that we have established comparability of rhIGF-1, FDA approval will be delayed while we conduct additional testing.

 

We believe that there is an increasing acceptance by the FDA and European Medicines Evaluation Agency of a comparability-based assessment without the need to repeat clinical studies, if appropriate analytical methods are available to fully characterize the product. There can be no assurance, however, that such regulatory bodies will permit us to proceed with our marketing applications based solely on comparability- based laboratory assessments. There are a number of regulatory agency guidelines

 

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providing guidance to the industry on the demonstration of comparability for human therapeutic products. Specific FDA guidances enable manufacturers to assess changes to manufacturing processes based on the potential impact on final product safety and efficacy, to develop a comparability assessment program appropriate to the molecule, and to verify the impact of the changes.

 

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