Facility Design and Engineering

The investment, which is taking place in Hillerød, Denmark, will aim to create more production capacity and increase the company’s ability to meet future market demands and to continue development on its future clinical late-phase product portfolio.

API supplier Olon has started construction of a new manufacturing facility in Milan, Italy, which will be dedicated to production of cytotoxic payloads and linkers for ADCs.

The new CGMP facility is expected to contribute to the development of mRNA therapeutics, with a building designed for the CGMP manufacture of mRNA-based in-vivo gene editing, gene-edited cell therapies, protein replacement therapies, cancer vaccines, and infectious disease vaccines.

The facility is based on a state-of-the-art design concept that allows maximum flexibility for a multi-product, multi-platform offering.

uBriGene Biosciences will acquire Mustang Bio’s Worcester, Mass., CGT manufacturing facility in a deal worth up to $11 million, expanding its operations into the US market.

Avid Bioservices has launched new CGMP mammalian cell manufacturing suites at its Myford, Calif., facility.

The construction will expand Catalent’s clinical supply facility in Schorndorf, Germany.

Forecyte Bio has opened a new GMP facility in Shanghai just two months after its sister site in the United States.

The new site will include state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities, laboratories, R&D, and office spaces.

Takeda plans to build a new facility in Osaka, Japan, for the manufacture of plasma-derived therapies.

The combination of modular facilities and closed processing offers significant advantages in the production of biopharmaceuticals and is becoming a compelling option for manufacturing.

Samsung Biologics plans to invest more than ₩1.9 trillion (US$1.5 billion) in the new Incheon, South Korea, facility, which will hold a manufacturing capacity of 180,000 L.

The new plasmid manufacturing facility aims to increase BioNTech’s autonomy and flexibility in manufacturing.

Single-use systems hold key benefits for biomanufacturers, despite certain limitations.

Catalent has completed the expansion of its clinical supply facility located in Shanghai, China.

By eliminating the waste involved in traditional approaches to project set-up and execution, integrated project delivery helps innovators in the European life sciences market meet their fast-track delivery targets.

In the all-too-common debate over building lab facilities versus outsourcing, the best strategy may be the middle ground: licensing.

The new Massachusetts facility will strengthen Cytiva’s cell culture services.

Cambrex has expanded its stability storage business, Q1 Scientific, in Ireland and Belgium.

Integrated project delivery can fast-track delivery targets by eliminating the waste involved in traditional approaches to project set-up and execution.

Civica is expanding in the greater Richmond-Petersburg region and investing $27.8 million in a new testing facility.

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing has completed phase II of its facility expansion with the installation of two new sterile filling lines.

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TFF Pharmaceuticals is expanding its R&D operations with a new facility in Austin, Texas.

Wacker is investing more than €100 million (US$100.5 million) to expand its Halle, Germany, site with an mRNA competence center.

Croda has entered into an agreement with the US government to support the expansion of its lipid systems capability.

REGENXBIO has opened a new in-house facility at its headquarters in Rockville, Md., that will be used to manufacture AAV gene therapies at commercial scale.

Astellas Pharma has opened its new gene therapy manufacturing facility in Sanford, NC, which will support clinical- and commercial-scale manufacturing of AAV vectors for gene therapies.

The expansion at Seqirus’ Holly Springs, N.C., manufacturing facility will support the formulation and fill/finish of influenza vaccines.

AGC Biologics is investing in viral vector suspension technology at its new Longmont, Colo., facility.