Dendreon Corp. has sold its immunotherapy manufacturing facility (IMF) in Morris Plains, NJ, to Novartis for $43 million in cash. The 173,100-sq.-ft. facility features capabilities to manufacture PROVENGE (sipuleucel-T), Dendreon’s autologous cellular immunotherapy, which received FDA approval for the treatment of metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. Earlier this year, Dendreon announced plans to wind down the manufacture of PROVENGE at the facility as part of a strategic restructuring...